Port Moresby vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$238	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1644
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	17	100
😀 Quality of life	51	78
🏙️ Population	317K	24.9M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 50% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8259th and 4858th ($547 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Papua New Guinea and China, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6197th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Shanghai

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	Port Moresby	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$30174

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$531
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1335
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$420
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1667
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1411
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1401
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$500
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1617
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$505
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2067
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$507
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1946
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$502
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1192
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1192
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$511
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$501
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1185
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$669
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$503
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$442
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1604
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1652
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746