New Taipei vs Port Moresby - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Port Moresby
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$547
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$1353
🏠 One person rent	$469	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$438
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$414
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	17
😀 Quality of life	86	51
🏙️ Population	4.04M	317K

The cost of living in New Taipei is 96% more expensive than in Port Moresby. Cities ranked 5000th and 8259th ($1073 vs $547) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Taiwan and Papua New Guinea, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Papua New Guinea comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 0.8 months in Port Moresby. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Port Moresby ranked 1st in Papua New Guinea, while ranked 302nd and 6197th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Port Moresby

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	New Taipei	Port Moresby
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$3.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$21.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$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	$495	$230
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$159
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	11.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$1442
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$928
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$7.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$7.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$3.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$4.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$3751

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581

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