| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
2.35/5 (Rank #1307)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Bad |
| 👶 Family score |
Bad |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
|
| 💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,804 / mo
|
| 📡 Internet |
🤬 Unusably slow: 3 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Bad |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 30°C86°F (feels 36°C97°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 76%
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 51 US AQI
|
| 👌 Safety |
Very bad
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Bad |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Bad |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Good
|
| 🎓 Education level* |
Low |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Very bad
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very poor:
$252 / mo
|
| 🙊 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 | 11 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 30°C 86°F + 🥵 Sweaty (76%) = feels 36°C 97°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 51 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 10 PGK in USD | USD 2.23 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PGK 1,000 = USD 223 |
| 💳 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 |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 🚫 No fluoride added |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 410,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $3,020 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 60% 👱♀️ 40% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 73% 👱♀️ 27% |
| 🏠 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 | $3,804 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,677 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,888 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,682 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,072 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,942 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,611 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $145,101 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $144 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $129 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $303 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $2 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $6,204 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ 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) |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
3290° hot |
3290° hot |
3188° hot |
3188° hot |
3086° warm |
3086° warm |
3188° hot |
3290° hot |
3391° hot |
3391° hot |
| Real (median) |
2883°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2780°
warm |
2780°
warm |
2781°
very warm |
2882°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
2883°
very warm |
| Humidity |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 81% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 80% |
| Most common | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain |
| Rain |
rainy 240mm |
rainy 226mm |
rainy 270mm |
rainy 192mm |
rainy 102mm |
rainy 58mm |
dry 35mm |
dry 40mm |
rainy 50mm |
rainy 69mm |
rainy 118mm |
rainy 200mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 86% |
cloudy 88% |
cloudy 89% |
cloudy 84% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 74% |
cloudy 76% |
cloudy 78% |
cloudy 73% |
cloudy 70% |
cloudy 81% |
| Sun |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
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 8 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
avoid sun 10 UVI |
avoid sun 9 UVI |
| Remote workers | 600 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people | 1,800 people | 600 people | 600 people | 600 people | 0 people |
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