Port Moresby vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$990
🏠 One person rent	$245	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$305
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$45.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	17	40
😀 Quality of life	51	55
🏙️ Population	317K	5.94M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 20% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8120th and 7068th ($566 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Papua New Guinea and India, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Port Moresby compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Surat ranked 45th in India, while ranked 6522nd and 6284th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Surat

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	Port Moresby	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$3.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$484
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$390
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$20.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$31.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$7.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	9.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$576
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$5.63
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$2.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$8.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$3.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$14.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$24.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$42.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$59.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$922

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$278
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$374
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$350
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$375
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$267
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$382
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$399
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$487
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$324
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$705
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$382
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$303
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$349
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$517
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$303
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$330
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$264
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$315
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$290
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$273
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$297
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$396
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$328
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$285
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$310
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$290
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$305
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$309
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$328
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$366
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$302
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$333
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$333