Mexico City vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$537
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1336
🏠 One person rent	$663	$232
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$212
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$36.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$402
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	17
😀 Quality of life	66	53
🏙️ Population	9.21M	317K

The cost of living in Mexico City is 140% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 4206th and 8225th ($1288 vs $537) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Mexico and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Mexico vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.7 months in Port Moresby. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 4184th and 6125th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Port Moresby

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	Mexico City	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$3.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$228
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$150
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$309
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$40.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	11.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$1374
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$6.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$2.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$22.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$19.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$33
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$64.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$131
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$3799

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$522
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1397
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$446
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1249
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1425
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$495
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1859
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$504
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2011
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$508
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2943
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$506
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1160
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1164
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$514
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$506
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1354
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$744
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$505
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$431
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1597
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1597
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1648
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688