Honiara vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Honiara	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3098	$2616
🏠 One person rent	$916	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1465	$856
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$33	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	6	100
😀 Quality of life	47	78
🏙️ Population	84.5K	594K

The cost of living in Honiara is 44% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 3988th and 5226th ($1502 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 175th in the Solomon Islands and Japan, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.8 months in Kawaguchi. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Kawaguchi ranked 48th in Japan, while ranked 7012th and 909th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Kawaguchi

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	Honiara	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.81	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$3.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.55	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$587	$522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1039	$932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1137	$589
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$257	$167
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$31.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.53%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$6211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$800	$3627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$2.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$71.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$26.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.55	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.58	$1.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$8.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.41	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.33	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$4.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.13	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$9.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.11	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.4	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$44.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$54
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.1	$410
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2879	$15187

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1491
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2020
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$788
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2036
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$562
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$546
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1851
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1844
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1911
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1851
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$2015
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$526
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1863
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1992
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$680
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$1095
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$714
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$714
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2323
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1825
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2341
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$891
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$910
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1499
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1497
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$492
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1273
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1855
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2354

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101