Port Moresby vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$238	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1684
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	17	95
😀 Quality of life	51	86
🏙️ Population	317K	2.6M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 54% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8259th and 4534th ($547 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.4 months in Taipei. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 6197th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Taipei

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	Port Moresby	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$19749

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581