Port Vila vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Vila	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1938	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4119	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$1222	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1983	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$559	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$534	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	1	80
😀 Quality of life	35	91
🏙️ Population	49K	737K

The cost of living in Port Vila is 36% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 2019th and 158th ($1938 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 140th in Vanuatu and the United States, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Port Vila compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 7447th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Seattle

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	Port Vila	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.76	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.3	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.38	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.13	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1367	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2713	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1539	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.9	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1983	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.13	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.24	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.8	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.9	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.9	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$627	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6872	$29407

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1946
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1604
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1604
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1652
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$977
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$660
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$808
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$810
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1411
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1401
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$661
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$659
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1001
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1002
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1683
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1748
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2067
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2016
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$669
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1677
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1213
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$644
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$647
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$514
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1185
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1968
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1709
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1736
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1493

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093