Port Moresby vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Moresby	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$566	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$245	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$225	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.9	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$214	$873
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	17	62
😀 Quality of life	51	52
🏙️ Population	317K	9.08M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 13% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 8120th and 8696th ($566 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd 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 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 6522nd and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Xuzhou

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	Port Moresby	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.19	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.5	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1469	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$954	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.46	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.25	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.3	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.64	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.3	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.09	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.4	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$127	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4033	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753