Port Moresby vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$238	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	17	84
😀 Quality of life	51	81
🏙️ Population	317K	3.03M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 39% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8259th and 6071st ($547 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Papua New Guinea and Taiwan, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 6197th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Taichung

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	Port Moresby	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$18658

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$531
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1335
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$420
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1667
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1411
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1401
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$500
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1617
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$505
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2067
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$507
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$1946
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$502
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1192
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1192
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$511
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$501
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1185
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$669
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$503
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1938
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$442
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1604
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1604
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1652
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671