Port Moresby vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Moresby	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$562	$798
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1375	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$238	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$399	$499
🍽️ Food expenses	$228	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.3	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1351
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	16	65
😀 Quality of life	50	74
🏙️ Population	317K	12.7M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 30% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8303rd and 6776th ($562 vs $798) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 29th 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 1.7 months in Suzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Suzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 6661st and 2020th 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	$4.05	$4.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.9	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.25	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$172
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$417	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$314
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$92.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.25%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1376	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$854	$2709
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.6	$44.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.61	$4.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$22.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$8.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.89	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$4.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$2.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$5.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.5	$82.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.43	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.9	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.7	$82.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$1049
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4989	$20341

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$546
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1851
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$492
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$2015
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1502
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1491
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$474
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$2065
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$496
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1863
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1992
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2323
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1825
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2341
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$499
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2020
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$501
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1174
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1173
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$507
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$500
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1273
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$788
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$499
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2036
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$421
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1851
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1844
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1911
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$678
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$708
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$596
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$680
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$658
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$663
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$581
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1147
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$636
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$643
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1030
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$657
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$651
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$725
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$659
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$667
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$899
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$623
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$627
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$664
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$693
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$644
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$623
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$661
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$620
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$691
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$660
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$789
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$693
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$644
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$571
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$635