Port Moresby vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$3201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$6971
🏠 One person rent	$245	$2218
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3750
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$268
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$4609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	17	89
😀 Quality of life	51	98
🏙️ Population	317K	5.87M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 82% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 8120th and 109th ($566 vs $3201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Papua New Guinea and Singapore, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 6522nd and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Singapore City

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	Port Moresby	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$8.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$7.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$2659
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$1943
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$4723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	2.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$22654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$7935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$87.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$2.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$4.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$31.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$85.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$1206
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$29519

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$542
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$771
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$771
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$689
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$643
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$519
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$552
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$584
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$444
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$704
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$598
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$864
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$657
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$390
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$411
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$420
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$461
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$701
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$754
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$653