⭐️ Total score |
2.58/5 (Rank #397)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍1 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
👶 Family score |
Bad |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,954 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 1Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Bad |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 84%
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👌 Safety |
Okay
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🤮 Food safety* |
Good
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Bad
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🎓 Education level* |
Low |
⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Good
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💰 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Bad |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Oceania |
🚩 Country | Papua New Guinea |
🗓️ Average trip length | 29 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 1 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 28°C 83°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 10 PGK in USD | USD 2.47 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PGK 1,000 = USD 247 |
💳 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) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏠 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 | $2,954 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,901 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $4,785 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $1,367 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,698 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,908 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,227 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $126 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $63 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $169 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $8 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $3,956 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $66 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
✅ 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Not very safe
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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
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Feels |
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Real |
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82
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Humidity |
nice 41% |
nice 40% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 42% |
nice 42% |
nice 43% |
nice 41% |
nice 41% |
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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 |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people |
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