Cost of living comparison
Papua New Guinea is 69.9% more expensive than Montenegro.
If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Montenegro, you would:
pay 10.3% less for restaurants
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.03
€9.24
|
$9.26
PGK36.06
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.98
€6.43
|
$9.04
PGK35.19
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.07
€1.91
|
$0.94
PGK3.66
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.47
€1.35
|
$1.34
PGK5.23
|
|
pay 66.3% more for groceries
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.91
€0.84
|
$1.44
PGK5.62
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.20
€3.87
|
$2.42
PGK9.43
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.15
€4.74
|
$6.73
PGK26.21
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.91
€2.68
|
$3.81
PGK14.82
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.08
€2.83
|
$2.97
PGK11.57
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.54
€0.50
|
$1.29
PGK5.03
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.78
€0.72
|
$1.01
PGK3.94
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.66
€0.61
|
$1.55
PGK6.05
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.12
€1.03
|
$1.56
PGK6.07
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.48
€0.45
|
$1.38
PGK5.38
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.56
€0.52
|
$1.26
PGK4.93
|
|
pay 24.9% more for transportation
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.19
€5.70
|
$4.10
PGK15.98
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$35.69
€32.87
|
$34.80
PGK135.51
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$25,337.87
€23,338.89
|
$41,305.96
PGK160,866.06
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$10.16
€9.36
|
$17.56
PGK68.37
|
|
pay 4.8 times more for housing
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$27.71
€25.53
|
$344.22
PGK1,340.55
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$604.28
€556.61
|
$2,807.14
PGK10,932.39
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$455.38
€419.45
|
$418.22
PGK1,628.77
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$97.48
€89.79
|
$117.79
PGK458.74
|
|
pay 14.5% more for childcare
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$317.80
€292.73
|
$543.22
PGK2,115.56
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,564.83
€6,968.02
|
$4,388.76
PGK17,092.02
|
|
pay 38.9% more for entertainment and sports
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.74
€2.52
|
$3.10
PGK12.06
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.09
€1.93
|
$2.62
PGK10.20
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.64
€3.35
|
$7.10
PGK27.65
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.01
€36.85
|
$49.70
PGK193.54
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.66
€5.21
|
$7.74
PGK30.16
|
|
pay 24.8% less for clothing
Montenegro
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$71.96
€66.29
|
$33.56
PGK130.70
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$30.57
€28.16
|
$36.14
PGK140.76
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$96.13
€88.54
|
$61.31
PGK238.79
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$119.85
€110.39
|
$86.48
PGK336.81
|
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