Port Moresby vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$3162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$7446
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1981
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3407
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$810
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$169
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$6556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	17	80
😀 Quality of life	51	93
🏙️ Population	317K	737K

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 82% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 8120th and 125th ($566 vs $3162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 92nd 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 2.1 months in Seattle. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Seattle ranked 27th in the United States, while ranked 6522nd and 99th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Seattle

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	Port Moresby	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$8.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$2119
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$1641
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$3861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$2873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$76
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$6864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$5184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$107
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$4.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$7.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$6.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$5.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$5.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$3.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$8.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$148
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$2178
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$29883

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114