Port Moresby vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$4240
🏠 One person rent	$238	$1109
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$2916
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	17	17
😀 Quality of life	51	85
🏙️ Population	317K	216K

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 70% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 8259th and 2289th ($547 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 6197th and 356th 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	$3.79	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$67.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$9.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$1097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$938
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$1752
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$88.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	6.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$5940
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$99.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$6.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$9.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$3.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$68.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$11415

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1607
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1253
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1475
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1457
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1144
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1433
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1847
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1418
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1182
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1506
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1652
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1717
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1736
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1709
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1968
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1746
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1435
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1213
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1921
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1242
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1416
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2099
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2539
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2252
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1652
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1824
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1584
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2106
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1604