Port Moresby vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Moresby	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$557	$528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1373	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$245	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$352
🍽️ Food expenses	$218	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.3	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$421	$855
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	17	63
😀 Quality of life	34	47
🏙️ Population	317K	9.08M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 5% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 8211th and 8462nd ($557 vs $528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th 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 0.8 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.6 months in Xuzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Xuzhou ranked 90th in China, while ranked 7532nd and 6431st 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	$3.76	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.7	$14.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.92	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$237	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$405
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$328	$274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$27.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.6	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$9.44
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.03%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1466	$2062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$872	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.12	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.65	$6.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.87	$2.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.07	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.5	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.6	$37.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.5	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.1	$42.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$128	$287
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3923	$27314

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$541
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1442
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$459
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1303
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1459
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1464
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$522
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1756
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$532
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1533
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2141
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$535
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$3054
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$511
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1168
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1169
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$521
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$512
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1289
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$629
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$511
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2349
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$466
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1693
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1700
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1755
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$613
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$639
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$612
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$633
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$630
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$608
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$656
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$585
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$670
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$688
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$775
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$524
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$623
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$588
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$608
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1433
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$673
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$649
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$705
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$619
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$580
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$593
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$602
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$610
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$599
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$819
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$826
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$648
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$727
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$538
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$623
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$618
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$605
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$706
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$699
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$774