Port Moresby vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Moresby	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$572	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1392	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$243	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$405	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	16	70
😀 Quality of life	49	78
🏙️ Population	317K	7.01M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 65% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8199th and 3529th ($572 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6768th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Riyadh

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	Port Moresby	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.2	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.2	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.33	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1396	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.4	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4671	$9443

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487