Common information
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Population
- 76 255
Cost of living and prices in Lae
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre1,734USD/month
- in city centre7,705USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- in city centre1,472USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 27 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 56 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 4 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 6 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 2 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 5 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 8 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 10 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 5 USD |
| Fruits | Oranges | 1 kg | 12 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 6 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Food | Lettuce | 1 head | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 10 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 4 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 6 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 7 USD |
Transportation
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
Accommodation
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 7,705 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 1,734 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 1,472 USD |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Lae
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 32 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 38 |
| Average high, °C | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 29 |
| Average temperature, °C | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Average low, °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Record low, °C | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Rain, days | 17 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 172 |
| Thunderstorms, days | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 430 | 400 | 320 | 330 | 280 | 230 | 320 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 520 | 520 | 4580 |
| Relative humidity, % | 77 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 79 |
| Relative humidity morning, % | 95 | 94 | 93 | 91 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 93 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 95 | 93 |
| Relative humidity evening, % | 73 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 72 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Day Length, часов | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Dew point, °C | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 270 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 467 | 499 | 508 | 525 | 543 | 494 | 534 | 500 | 499 | 458 | 465 | 465 | 5958 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 |