Port Moresby vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$245	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$5254
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	17	86
😀 Quality of life	51	93
🏙️ Population	317K	1.39M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 84% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 8120th and 43rd ($566 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd in Papua New Guinea and the United States, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 6522nd and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs San Diego

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	Port Moresby	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$28967

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$548
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1513
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$507
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1683
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1419
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1417
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$496
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1647
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$500
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1710
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1798
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2065
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1662
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2140
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$502
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1882
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$513
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1176
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$520
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$513
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1184
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$733
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$512
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1884
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$447
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1807
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1811
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1878
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782