Port Moresby vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$245	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	17	94
😀 Quality of life	51	87
🏙️ Population	317K	2.6M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 57% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8120th and 4455th ($566 vs $1313) 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 0.4 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.3 months in Taipei. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 6522nd and 388th 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	$4.01	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589