Port Moresby vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Port Moresby	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$537	$2220
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1336	$4783
🏠 One person rent	$232	$1400
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$2268
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.4	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$402	$2523
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	17	17
😀 Quality of life	53	85
🏙️ Population	317K	419K

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 76% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 8225th and 1237th ($537 vs $2220) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, respectively. Check Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.1 months in Wellington. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Wellington ranked 4th in New Zealand, while ranked 6125th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Wellington

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	Port Moresby	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.65	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21	$68.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$9.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$7.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.77	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$1345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$150	$1207
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$465	$2438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$309	$1957
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$57.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.13%	6.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1374	$7994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$820	$7037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$2.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$6.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.97	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$5.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.5	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$3.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$23.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.93	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$4.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.7	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.5	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.48	$19.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$33	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.3	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3799	$13015

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$522
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1397
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$446
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1249
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1425
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$495
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1859
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$504
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1444
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2011
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$508
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2943
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$506
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1160
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1164
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$514
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$506
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1354
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$744
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$505
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$431
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1597
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1597
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1648
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1887
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1777
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1744
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1679
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1579
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1230
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1365
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1500
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1454
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1113
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1346
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1207
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1800
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1563
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1200
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1701
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1754
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1842
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1643
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1994
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1960
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2279
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1885
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1664
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1398
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1388
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1925
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1353
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1430
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$1998
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2741
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2348
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1648
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1903
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1691
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2203
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1597