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New Caledonia vs. Papua New Guinea Cost of Living Summary

New Caledonia is 77.4% more expensive than Papua New Guinea overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in New Caledonia
Groceries: pay 90.7% more in New Caledonia
Transportation: pay 78.6% more in New Caledonia
Housing: pay 8.5% less in New Caledonia
Childcare: pay 26.0% more in New Caledonia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.1 times more in New Caledonia
Clothing: pay 2.3 times more in New Caledonia

The cost of clothing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, groceries, transportation, and childcare in New Caledonia are more expensive than in Papua New Guinea. Notably, clothing, entertainment and sports, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia vs. Papua New Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in New Caledonia instead of Papua New Guinea, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.87 PGK76.12	$19.58 CFPF1,990	+9.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.92 PGK25.23	$14.68 CFPF1,493	+147.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.80 PGK3.42	$2.57 CFPF261	+220.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.70 PGK3.00	$1.17 CFPF119	+66.7%
Average			+111.0%

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pay 90.7% more for groceries

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.55 PGK6.62	$2.90 CFPF295	+86.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.60 PGK15.35	$15.50 CFPF1,576	+330.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.76 PGK33.06	$4.63 CFPF471	-40.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.00 PGK17.05	$6.47 CFPF658	+61.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.63 PGK15.46	$11.32 CFPF1,151	+211.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.99 PGK8.47	$1.92 CFPF196	-3.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.32 PGK5.63	$3.39 CFPF344	+156.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.73 PGK11.64	$3.00 CFPF305	+9.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.62 PGK6.92	$3.77 CFPF384	+132.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.58 PGK6.73	$1.83 CFPF186	+15.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.18 PGK5.03	$1.63 CFPF166	+37.8%
Average			+90.7%

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pay 78.6% more for transportation

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.22 PGK17.96	$6.29 CFPF640	+49.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.69 PGK100.90	$87.11 CFPF8,857	+267.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,387.96 PGK95,354.79	$31,076.13 CFPF3,159,554	+38.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$24.88 PGK105.95	$14.59 CFPF1,484	-41.3%
Average			+78.6%

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pay 8.5% less for housing

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$165.84 PGK706.33	$51.39 CFPF5,224	-69.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$2,652.44 PGK11,297.25	$856.43 CFPF87,074	-67.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$758.54 PGK3,230.79	$783.02 CFPF79,611	+3.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$80.08 PGK341.06	$159.67 CFPF16,234	+99.4%
Average			-8.5%

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pay 26.0% more for childcare

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$631.76 PGK2,690.79	$796.07 CFPF80,938	+26.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,968.24 PGK16,901.51	??
Average			+26.0%

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pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.98 PGK12.67	$10.52 CFPF1,070	+253.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.56 PGK10.89	$4.91 CFPF500	+92.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.96 PGK29.63	$20.36 CFPF2,070	+192.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$73.52 PGK313.14	$61.17 CFPF6,220	-16.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$10.30 PGK43.87	$14.68 CFPF1,493	+42.5%
Average			+112.8%

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pay 2.3 times more for clothing

	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$31.15 PGK132.69	$115.01 CFPF11,693	+269.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.48 PGK155.39	$61.99 CFPF6,303	+69.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$76.40 PGK325.42	$103.99 CFPF10,573	+36.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$97.73 PGK416.23	$244.69 CFPF24,878	+150.4%
Average			+131.4%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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