Lahore vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lahore	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$406	$557
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1031	$1373
🏠 One person rent	$161	$245
🏘️ Family rent	$332	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$142	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$54.3	$36.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$177	$421
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	69	17
😀 Quality of life	46	34
🏙️ Population	11.1M	317K

The cost of living in Lahore is 27% less expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 8968th and 8211th ($406 vs $557) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Pakistan and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Lahore compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. Lahore ranked 3rd best city to live in Pakistan vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 6453rd and 7532nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Port Moresby

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	Lahore	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.8	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.9	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.33	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$237
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.6	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$279	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$186	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.5	$40
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$61.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.3	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20%	12.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$661	$1466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$872
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.71	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.14	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$6.99
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$4.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$7.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.72	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.52	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$2.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.05	$3.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.29	$3.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.02	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.06	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$18.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.56	$4.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.5	$32.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.7	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$33.4	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1046	$3923

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$500
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$308
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$280
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$335
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$330
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$310
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$378
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$312
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$319
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$373
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$344
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$407
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$430
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$344
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$456
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$328
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$360
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$358
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$397
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$439
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$358
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$286
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$388
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$323
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$277
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$252
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$371
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$328
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$284
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$374
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$280
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$372
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$375
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$338

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$541
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1442
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$459
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1303
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1459
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1464
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$522
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1756
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$532
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2141
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$535
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$3054
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$511
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1168
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1169
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$521
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$512
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1289
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$629
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$511
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2349
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$466
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1693
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1700
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1755
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661