Port Moresby vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Moresby	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$557	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1373	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$245	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.3	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$421	$2543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	17	73
😀 Quality of life	34	92
🏙️ Population	317K	1.06M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 50% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 8211th and 4890th ($557 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd in Papua New Guinea and Japan, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 7532nd and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Sendai

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	Port Moresby	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.76	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$237	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$328	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.6	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.03%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1466	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$872	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.87	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.07	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.6	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.1	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$128	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3923	$6369

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$541
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1442
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$459
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1303
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1459
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1464
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$522
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1756
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$532
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2141
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$535
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$3054
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$511
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1168
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1169
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$521
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$512
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1289
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$629
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$511
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2349
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$466
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1693
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1700
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1755
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057