Adelaide vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$2962
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$832
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1327
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$469
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$32.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$148
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	6
😀 Quality of life	93	46
🏙️ Population	1.39M	84.5K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 64% more expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 1210th and 4292nd ($2338 vs $1422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Australia and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check Australia vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.1 months in Honiara. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 73rd and 7164th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Honiara

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	Adelaide	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.9	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$52.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$12.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$2.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$511
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$167
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$260
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$89.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	15.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$1356
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$24.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$5.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$8.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$7.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$6.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$4.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$4.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$3.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$78
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$3.55
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$27.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$99.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$2860

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1422
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2062
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$783
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2068
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$572
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$558
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1865
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1865
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1928
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1695
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1839
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1640
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$538
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1864
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1988
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$633
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$1039
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$714
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$718
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2269
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1813
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2352
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$879
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$857
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1507
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1510
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$506
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1288
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1997
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1867
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2379