Port Moresby vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Moresby	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$572	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1392	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$243	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$405	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	16	49
😀 Quality of life	49	71
🏙️ Population	317K	8.78M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 10% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8199th and 7679th ($572 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Papua New Guinea and China, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6768th and 3611th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Quanzhou

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	Port Moresby	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.2	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.2	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.33	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1396	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.8	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.7	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.4	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4671	$9536

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$558
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1695
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1839
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1422
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1640
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$494
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1861
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$506
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1864
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1988
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2269
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1813
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2352
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$506
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2062
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$512
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1176
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$522
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$513
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1288
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$783
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$514
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2068
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$437
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1865
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1865
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1928
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943