Port Moresby vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Moresby	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$572	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1392	$974
🏠 One person rent	$243	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$405	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$310
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	16	40
😀 Quality of life	49	60
🏙️ Population	317K	5.94M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 17% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8199th and 7286th ($572 vs $693) 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 0.3 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 23rd in India, while ranked 6768th and 5975th 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	$4.2	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.2	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.33	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1396	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.8	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.7	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.4	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4671	$929

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$558
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1695
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1839
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1422
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1640
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$494
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1861
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$506
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1864
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1988
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2269
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1813
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2352
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$506
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2062
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$512
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1176
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$522
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$513
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1288
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$783
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$514
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2068
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$437
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1865
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1865
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1928
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319