Foshan vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Foshan	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$575	$1425
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1875	$3423
🏠 One person rent	$156	$850
🏘️ Family rent	$353	$1829
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$450
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$29.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$511
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	95	6
😀 Quality of life	73	35
🏙️ Population	9.5M	84.5K

The cost of living in Foshan is 60% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 7900th and 3693rd ($575 vs $1425) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 401st 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 1.7 months in Foshan compared to 0.4 months in Honiara. Foshan ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 1721st and 7770th 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	$3.49	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.9	$45.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.6	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$602
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$87.3	$581
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$487	$2264
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$229	$1278
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.6	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$107
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.58%	15.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5068	$1360
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2056	$784
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.6	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.01	$2.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.01	$5.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$9.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$5.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$5.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$4.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.16	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$3.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.45	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.06	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.6	$88.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$3.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.3	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$26.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$529	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23979	$2339

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$742
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$812
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$481
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$589
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$816
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$618
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1565
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$830
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$939
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$837
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2410
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$876
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$891
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$824
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$856
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$774
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$785
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1083
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$831
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$857
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$806
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$752
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$738
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$799
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$716
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$735
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$812
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$588
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$525
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$611
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$596
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$584
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$530
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$620
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$638

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