Port Moresby vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$238	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	17	78
😀 Quality of life	51	66
🏙️ Population	317K	12.6M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 7% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8259th and 8544th ($547 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6197th and 3982nd 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	$3.79	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591