Port Moresby vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Port Moresby	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$537	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1336	$3221
🏠 One person rent	$232	$359
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$739
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$431
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.4	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$402	$949
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	17	70
😀 Quality of life	53	68
🏙️ Population	317K	12.7M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 47% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8225th and 5170th ($537 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 0.7 months in Port Moresby compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 6125th and 3722nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Suzhou

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	Port Moresby	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.65	$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.77	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$150	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.13%	4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1374	$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$820	$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.97	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.5	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.93	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.7	$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.5	$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.48	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$33	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.3	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3799	$22097

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$522
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1397
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$446
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1249
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1425
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$495
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1859
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$504
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2011
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$508
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2943
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$506
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1160
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1164
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$514
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$506
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1354
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$744
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$505
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$431
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1597
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1597
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1648
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$771
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$731
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$687
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$731
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$699
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$688
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$707
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$651
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1190
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$713
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$682
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$675
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1074
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$694
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$763
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$682
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$831
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$625
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$625
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$679
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$755
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$645
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$631
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$720
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$703
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$789
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$677
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$696
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$652
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$690
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$898
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645