| ⭐️ Total score | 
								 2.49/5 (Rank #442) 
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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 | 
								 
																						🧐 Pricey: $3,109 / mo
									 
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| 📡 Internet | 
								 
																						🤬 Unusably slow: 1 Mbps (avg) 
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| 😝 Fun | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | 
								 
																						🥵 Hot: 28°C83°F (feels 32°C90°F)
									 
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| 💦 Humidity (now) | 
								 
										🥵 Sweaty: 81%
									 
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| 👌 Safety | 
								 Okay 
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| 👩 Safe for women | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ | 
			 Bad  | 
	
| 🤮 Food safety* | 
								 Good 
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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  | 
	
| 🎅 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 (81%) = feels 32°C 90°F
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| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz | 
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance | 
									 
									Safetywing
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| 💸 10 PGK in USD | USD 2.37 | 
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | PGK 1,000 = USD 237 | 
| 💳 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 | $3,109 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,858 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $4,591 / month | 
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,312 / month | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $3,262 / month | 
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,966 / month | 
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,178 / month | 
| 🏠 Median home price | $154,227 | 
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $153 / night | 
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $64 / night | 
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $162 / month | 
| 🍛 Dinner | $8 | 
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 | 
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 | 
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 | 
| 👩🏫 International school | $3,796 / year | 
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $63 / 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
❌ 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
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 31°C / 88°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 30°C / 86°F warm | 31°C / 88°F hot | 33°C / 91°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 32°C / 90°F hot | 
| Real (median) | 
																																
												28°C / 82°F
											
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												28°C / 82°F
											
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												28°C / 82°F
											
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												27°C / 81°F
											
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												27°C / 81°F
											
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												27°C / 80°F
											
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												27°C / 80°F
											
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												27°C / 81°F
											
																				 warm  | 
																		
																																
												28°C / 82°F
											
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												28°C / 82°F
											
																				 very warm  | 
																		
																																
												28°C / 82°F
											
																				 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%  | 
																
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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%  | 
																		
										
										
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											pockets 38%  | 
																		
										
										
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											pockets 37%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 33%  | 
																		
										
										
											pockets 42%  | 
																
| Sun | 
										
											avoid sun 8 UVI  | 
																		
										
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											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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