Port Moresby vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$238	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$1050
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	17	93
😀 Quality of life	51	83
🏙️ Population	317K	2.33M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 38% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 8259th and 6171st ($547 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 6197th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Taoyuan

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	Port Moresby	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.49
☕ 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	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443