Dili vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dili	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$514	$1425
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1274	$3423
🏠 One person rent	$224	$850
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$1829
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$28.9	$29.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$387	$511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	11	6
😀 Quality of life	33	35
🏙️ Population	222K	84.5K

The cost of living in Dili is 64% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 8409th and 3693rd ($514 vs $1425) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check East Timor vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Dili compared to 0.4 months in Honiara. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 8018th and 7770th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dili vs Honiara infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dili/honiara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dili vs Honiara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dili/honiara" target="_blank">Dili vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dili vs Honiara

Prices for goods and services in Dili and Honiara are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dili	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.6	$45.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.61	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$602
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$581
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$2264
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$299	$1278
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.7	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.7	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$107
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.73%	15.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1368	$1360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$796	$784
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.4	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.57	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.73	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$5.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$9.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$5.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$5.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$3.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.24	$4.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.42	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$3.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.97	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22	$88.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.33	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.4	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.4	$26.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$114	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3486	$2339

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$506
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$505
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$506
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$502
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$499
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$506
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$508
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1859
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$556
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$519
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$506
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$525
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$361
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$429
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$431
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$568
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$504
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$431
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$422
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$870
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$546
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$873
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$643
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$495
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$604
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$577
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$450
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$460
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$469
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$454
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$522
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$383
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$403
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$459
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$484
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$427
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$439
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$440
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$537
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$383

Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1422
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2943
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$744
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1841
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$537
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$522
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1597
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1597
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1648
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1397
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1249
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$491
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$599
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$752
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$574
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$576
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2011
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$849
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$824
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1316
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1316
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$446
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1354
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1404
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$1998