Port Moresby vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$245	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	17	24
😀 Quality of life	51	44
🏙️ Population	317K	7.82M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 5% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8120th and 7835th ($566 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 183rd 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 0.4 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 6522nd and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Shangqiu

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	Port Moresby	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517