Calgary vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Calgary	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2079	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4683	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$1191	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$1928	$1270
🍽️ Food expenses	$572	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$31.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2977	$172
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	6
😀 Quality of life	91	33
🏙️ Population	1.31M	84.5K

The cost of living in Calgary is 46% more expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 1781st and 4205th ($2079 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th and 1st in Canada and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check Canada vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Calgary compared to 0.1 months in Honiara. Calgary ranked 15th best city to live in Canada vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 160th and 8582nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Calgary	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$7.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.07	$3.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.01	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$571
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2105	$1111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1560	$873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$163
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$203	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.3	$95.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	15.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3658	$1465
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3126	$932
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.3	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$2.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$6.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$7.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$4.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.3	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.1	$4.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$91.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$3.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.5	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$796	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15727	$2770

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1773
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1782
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1632
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1730
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1544
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1648
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1823
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2617
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1949
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2366
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2343
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1759
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2231
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1748
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1973
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2228
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2111
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2490
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1817
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1765
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1913
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1854
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1774
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1625
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2001
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1842
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1486
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2219
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1478
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1987
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2414
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2080
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2641
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2361
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$1952
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2057
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2488
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2443
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2470
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1887

Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1417
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1882
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$733
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1884
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$566
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$548
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1807
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1878
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1513
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1683
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$533
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1710
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1798
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$596
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$997
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$684
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$683
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2065
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1662
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2140
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$836
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$818
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1496
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1502
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$507
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1184
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1747
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2181