Port Moresby vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$245	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	17	70
😀 Quality of life	51	71
🏙️ Population	317K	12.7M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 27% less expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 8120th and 6778th ($566 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6522nd and 3523rd 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	$4.01	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610