Port Moresby vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Moresby	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$572	$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1392	$1473
🏠 One person rent	$243	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$405	$327
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	16	68
😀 Quality of life	49	68
🏙️ Population	317K	12.6M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 12% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8199th and 8643rd ($572 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 498th 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 0.3 months in Port Moresby compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 6768th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Zhengzhou

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	Port Moresby	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.2	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.33	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.97	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.5	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.9	$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.16%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1396	$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.8	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.7	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.39	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.14	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.01	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.59	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.4	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.66	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.5	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$147	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4671	$21713

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Cities near Port Moresby

Distance	City	Cost of living
306 km or 190 mi	Lae	$558
841 km or 523 mi	Cairns	$1695
1050 km or 652 mi	Jayapura	$506
1088 km or 676 mi	Townsville	$1839
1404 km or 872 mi	Honiara	$1422
1489 km or 925 mi	Auki	$1422
1586 km or 986 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
1656 km or 1029 mi	Gladstone	$1640
1734 km or 1077 mi	Manokwari	$494
1796 km or 1116 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
1810 km or 1125 mi	Darwin	$1861
1859 km or 1155 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
2003 km or 1244 mi	Sorong	$506
2008 km or 1248 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
2026 km or 1259 mi	Caloundra	$1864
2049 km or 1273 mi	Caboolture	$1988
2071 km or 1287 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
2093 km or 1301 mi	Brisbane	$2269
2101 km or 1306 mi	Ipswich	$1813
2119 km or 1317 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
2157 km or 1341 mi	Southport	$2352
2163 km or 1344 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
2192 km or 1362 mi	Ambon	$506
2235 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
2273 km or 1413 mi	Luganville	$2062
2276 km or 1414 mi	Baucau	$512
2342 km or 1455 mi	Melekeok	$1176
2343 km or 1456 mi	Ngerulmud	$1175
2371 km or 1473 mi	Dili	$522
2376 km or 1477 mi	Ainaro	$513
2384 km or 1481 mi	Armidale	$1288
2397 km or 1489 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2403 km or 1493 mi	Yaren	$783
2407 km or 1496 mi	Maliana	$514
2461 km or 1529 mi	Port Vila	$2068
2470 km or 1535 mi	Ternate	$437
2487 km or 1545 mi	Paita	$1865
2495 km or 1550 mi	Dumbea	$1865
2502 km or 1554 mi	Noumea	$1928
2512 km or 1561 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$516
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$516
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$518
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$509
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$483
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$520
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$507
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$506
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$514
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$498
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$506
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$523
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$518
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$569
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$534
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$525
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$531
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$543
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$598
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$492
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$583
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$803
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$602
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$596
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$545
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$578
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$540
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$556