Port Moresby vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Moresby	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$562	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1375	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$238	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	16	70
😀 Quality of life	50	78
🏙️ Population	317K	7.01M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 65% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8303rd and 3485th ($562 vs $1628) 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 0.4 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 6661st and 899th 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	$4.05	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.25	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$417	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1376	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$854	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.61	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.89	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.5	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.43	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.9	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.7	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4989	$10912

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$546
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1851
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$492
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$2015
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1502
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1491
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$474
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$2065
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$496
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1863
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1992
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2323
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1825
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2341
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$499
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2020
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$501
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1174
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1173
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$507
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$500
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1273
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$788
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$499
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2036
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$421
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1851
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1844
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1911
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459