San Marino vs. Port Moresby Cost of Living Summary

San Marino is 19.3% more expensive than Port Moresby.

Restaurants
pay 2.1 times more in San Marino
Groceries
pay 48.7% less in San Marino
Transportation
pay 35.2% more in San Marino
Housing
pay 21.0% less in San Marino
Entertainment and Sports
pay 4.1% more in San Marino
Clothing
pay 39.4% more in San Marino

The cost of restaurants, clothing, transportation, and entertainment and sports in San Marino are more expensive than in Port Moresby. Expenses including groceries and housing are lower in San Marino. Notably, restaurants is significantly more expensive in San Marino.

San Marino vs. Port Moresby Cost Breakdown

If you lived in San Marino instead of Port Moresby, you would:

pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $9.48
PGK41.27
$17.52
€15.02
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$5.92
PGK25.79
$8.56
€7.34
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.77
PGK3.35
$2.31
€1.98

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pay 48.7% less for groceries

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Bread
1 loaf
$1.55
PGK6.77
??
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.19
PGK9.54
??
Milk (1 gallon) $7.39
PGK32.17
$4.42
€3.79

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pay 35.2% more for transportation

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.14
PGK18.03
$7.74
€6.63
Monthly public transit pass $23.69
PGK103.17
$29.20
€25.04
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $22,387.96
PGK97,499.56
??

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pay 21.0% less for housing

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$165.84
PGK722.22
$35.04
€30.04
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,066.09
PGK4,642.84
$642.39
€550.78
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $473.82
PGK2,063.48
$583.99
€500.71

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $631.76
PGK2,751.31
??
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,968.24
PGK17,281.67
??

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pay 4.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.37
PGK10.32
$4.67
€4.01
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.25
PGK9.80
$1.75
€1.50
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.75
PGK29.40
$5.84
€5.01

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pay 39.4% more for clothing

 
Port Moresby
San Marino
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$31.15
PGK135.67
$81.76
€70.10
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.48
PGK158.89
$35.04
€30.04
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$76.40
PGK332.74
??

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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: June 2026
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