Fukuoka vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Fukuoka	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1065	$1419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2574	$2882
🏠 One person rent	$448	$835
🏘️ Family rent	$659	$1270
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$31.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1285	$172
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	81	6
😀 Quality of life	75	33
🏙️ Population	1.6M	84.5K

The cost of living in Fukuoka is 25% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 5117th and 4205th ($1065 vs $1419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 151st 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 1.2 months in Fukuoka compared to 0.1 months in Honiara. Fukuoka ranked 180th best city to live in Japan vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 1848th and 8582nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fukuoka vs Honiara

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	Fukuoka	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.75	$7.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.45	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.21	$3.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$428	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$571
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$873
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$163
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.7	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$19.1	$95.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.68%	15.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5515	$1465
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2845	$932
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.3	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.51	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$6.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$7.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$3.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$4.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.01	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$4.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.03	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.1	$91.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$3.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.1	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.7	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.7	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$392	$96.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12707	$2770

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Cities near Fukuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Shime	$931
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kasuya	$933
9 km or 5.6 mi	Kasuga	$924
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Onojo	$926
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Sue	$929
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nakagawa	$919
10 km or 6.5 mi	Umi	$930
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sasaguri	$931
14 km or 8.8 mi	Dazaifu	$909
15 km or 9 mi	Shingu	$936
15 km or 9.2 mi	Chikushino	$906
17 km or 11 mi	Koga	$939
19 km or 12 mi	Itoshima	$923
21 km or 13 mi	Fukutsu	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Chikuzen	$876
26 km or 16 mi	Tosu	$832
26 km or 16 mi	Ogori	$844
27 km or 17 mi	Munakata	$950
28 km or 17 mi	Iizuka	$934
29 km or 18 mi	Miyawaka	$942
29 km or 18 mi	Kama	$919
30 km or 19 mi	Miyaki	$829
31 km or 19 mi	Asakura	$873
31 km or 19 mi	Kanzaki	$852
32 km or 20 mi	Kurume	$831
35 km or 22 mi	Nogata	$950
35 km or 22 mi	Okagaki	$955
36 km or 23 mi	Fukuchi	$945
37 km or 23 mi	Saga	$901
38 km or 23 mi	Tagawa	$939
38 km or 24 mi	Nakama	$957
40 km or 25 mi	Mizumaki	$955
42 km or 26 mi	Ogi	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Ukiha	$874
43 km or 27 mi	Okawa	$853
43 km or 27 mi	Chikugo	$841
43 km or 27 mi	Karatsu	$913
44 km or 28 mi	Yame	$843
48 km or 30 mi	Yanagawa	$864
49 km or 31 mi	Miyama	$860

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