Port Moresby vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Moresby	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$547	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1353	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$238	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$438	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$36	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	17	20
😀 Quality of life	51	41
🏙️ Population	317K	6.44M

The cost of living in Port Moresby is 19% less expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 8259th and 7052nd ($547 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Port Moresby ranked 1st best city to live in Papua New Guinea vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 6197th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Moresby vs Shangrao

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	Port Moresby	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.79	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.99	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$230	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$159	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$320	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.8	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.6	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.72%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.68	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.85	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.98	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.03	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.3	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.42	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.4	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3751	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621