Chiba vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chiba	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1267	$1411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3346	$2862
🏠 One person rent	$548	$843
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$1293
🍽️ Food expenses	$397	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$32.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2264	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	91	6
😀 Quality of life	79	32
🏙️ Population	975K	84.5K

The cost of living in Chiba is 10% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 4299th and 3836th ($1267 vs $1411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Japan and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chiba compared to 0.4 months in Honiara. Chiba ranked 19th best city to live in Japan vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 625th and 7824th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Honiara

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	Chiba	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.1	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.33	$3.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.2	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$722	$585
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1107	$1228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$952	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$249
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.9	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.77%	15.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5609	$1471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4004	$899
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.8	$26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.6	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$5.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$9.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$6.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$6.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.48	$4.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.99	$2.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.9	$89.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$2.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.4	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$24
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$545	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15302	$2702

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1094
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1129
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1134
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1107
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1231
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1077
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1099
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1060
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1067
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1057
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1059
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1058
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1089
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1164
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$1055
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1070
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1055
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1071
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1071
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1047
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1044
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1104
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1066
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1249
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1607
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1077
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1051

Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1401
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1946
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$669
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1938
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$547
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$531
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1604
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1652
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1335
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1667
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$514
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$660
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$977
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$661
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$659
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2067
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$808
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$810
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1488
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1494
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$420
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1185
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1702
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2099