Port Moresby vs Pune - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Pune
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$1306
🏠 One person rent	$238	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1236
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	17	58
😀 Quality of life	51	62
🏙️ Population	317K	5.95M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 7% more expensive than in Pune. Cities ranked 8259th and 8539th ($547 vs $513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Papua New Guinea and India, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 2.4 months in Pune. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Pune ranked 8th in India, while ranked 6197th and 4894th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Pune

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	Port Moresby	Pune
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$20.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$232
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$542
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$354
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$18.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$28.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$9.39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	9.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$1168
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$7.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$9.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$2.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$4.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$1.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$4.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$2.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$54.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$94.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$1975

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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

Cities near Pune

Distance	City	Cost of living
94 km or 58 mi	Satara	$304
106 km or 66 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
110 km or 68 mi	Kalyan	$381
119 km or 74 mi	Mumbai	$716
119 km or 74 mi	Thane	$501
120 km or 75 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
153 km or 95 mi	Vasai	$284
165 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
199 km or 123 mi	Sangli	$292
206 km or 128 mi	Kolhapur	$307
213 km or 132 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
216 km or 134 mi	Aurangabad	$350
237 km or 147 mi	Solapur	$293
237 km or 147 mi	Malegaon	$378
273 km or 169 mi	Bijapur	$340
287 km or 179 mi	Navsari	$286
288 km or 179 mi	Latur	$397
303 km or 188 mi	Belgaum	$473
314 km or 195 mi	Surat	$771
330 km or 205 mi	Jalgaon	$348
338 km or 210 mi	Panjim	$401
342 km or 212 mi	Gulbarga	$250
347 km or 215 mi	Mormugao	$492
361 km or 224 mi	Margao	$430
366 km or 227 mi	Hubli	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Nanded	$315
403 km or 250 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
411 km or 255 mi	Akola	$295
426 km or 265 mi	Vadodara	$376
447 km or 278 mi	Nizamabad	$294
452 km or 281 mi	Hospet	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Godhra	$371
476 km or 296 mi	Nadiad	$382
480 km or 299 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
486 km or 302 mi	Adoni	$366
488 km or 303 mi	Amravati	$296
501 km or 312 mi	Davanagere	$292
504 km or 313 mi	Hyderabad	$464
505 km or 314 mi	Secunderabad	$395
511 km or 318 mi	Indore	$367