Kawaguchi vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kawaguchi	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1081	$547
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2900	$1353
🏠 One person rent	$519	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1081	$438
🍽️ Food expenses	$310	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2064	$414
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	100	17
😀 Quality of life	78	51
🏙️ Population	594K	317K

The cost of living in Kawaguchi is 98% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 4951st and 8259th ($1081 vs $547) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in Japan and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Japan vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Kawaguchi compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Kawaguchi ranked 24th best city to live in Japan vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 653rd and 6197th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kawaguchi vs Port Moresby

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	Kawaguchi	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$3.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.4	$21.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.21	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$230
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1077	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$804	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.8%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6608	$1442
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.17	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.1	$7.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.24	$7.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.46	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.2	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.6	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.6	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.9	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$476	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14573	$3751

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$531
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1335
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$420
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1667
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1411
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1401
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$500
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1617
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$505
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2067
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$507
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1946
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$502
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1192
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1192
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$511
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$501
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1185
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$669
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$503
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$442
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1604
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1652
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681