Port Moresby vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$245	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	17	89
😀 Quality of life	51	74
🏙️ Population	317K	13.9M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 12% less expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 8120th and 7452nd ($566 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 98th 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 Tianjin. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 6522nd and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Tianjin

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	Port Moresby	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573