| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.9/5 (Rank #657)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Okay |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,547 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 2 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 26°C78°F (feels 28°C82°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 75%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Great: 16 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
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| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very low:
$203 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 🚶 Walkability |
Bad |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Bad |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Good |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Bad |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Oceania |
| 🚩 Country | Papua New Guinea |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 21 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 2 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌤 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 28°C 82°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 16 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 10 PGK in USD | USD 2.27 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PGK 1,000 = USD 227 |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Jurudaya Work Site |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Café on the Edge |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 250,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $2,436 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 75% 👱♀️ 25% |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Hausples |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Airlines PNG |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Air Niugini |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Port Moresby General Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,547 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,349 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,398 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,257 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,125 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,160 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,128 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $147,739 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $146 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $136 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $155 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,637 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $61 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
✅ Not a lot of alcohol abuse
❌ Very expensive
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Not many Nomads.com members go here
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
| Real (median) |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2781°
warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 85% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 81% |
| Most common | ||||||||||||
| Rain |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 270mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 57mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 39mm |
dry 50mm |
rainy 68mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 200mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 43% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 45% |
pockets 44% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 38% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 37% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 42% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
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avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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