Foshan vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Foshan	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$589	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1710	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$222	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$376	$1270
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$31.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$762	$172
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	6
😀 Quality of life	73	33
🏙️ Population	9.5M	84.5K

The cost of living in Foshan is 58% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 7909th and 4205th ($589 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 211th and 1st in China and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check China vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Foshan compared to 0.1 months in Honiara. Foshan ranked 12th best city to live in China vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 2948th and 8582nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Honiara

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	Foshan	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.18	$7.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$3.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$254	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$571
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$1111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$245	$873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.9	$163
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.9	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$95.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	15.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4095	$1465
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1740	$932
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.82	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.07	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$2.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$3.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$6.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$7.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$4.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.8	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$4.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$3.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.5	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.5	$91.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$3.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.35	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.2	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$57.8	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21696	$2770

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652

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