Honiara vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honiara	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1459	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2996	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$846	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1307	$1064
🍽️ Food expenses	$487	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$576	$2198
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	6	100
😀 Quality of life	32	79
🏙️ Population	84.5K	594K

The cost of living in Honiara is 38% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 3872nd and 5234th ($1459 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 362nd 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 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 7802nd and 584th 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	$7	$3.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.4	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$4.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$600	$528
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$567	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1242	$1103
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$830
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$95.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$34.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.71%	1.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1467	$6874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$842	$4013
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$67.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$25.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.25	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.18	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$4.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$9.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.1	$57.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.62	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$19.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$60.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$12607

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1464
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$3054
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$629
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2349
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$557
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$541
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1693
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1700
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1755
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1442
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1303
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$521
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$603
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$901
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$596
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$596
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2141
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$921
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$898
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1523
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1519
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$459
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1289
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1815
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2286

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$980
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$964
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1077
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1038
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1050
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1116
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1059
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1038
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1000
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1641
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1052
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1061
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1090
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1056
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1106
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1016
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1078
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1121
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1062
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1068
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1033
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1119
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1031
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1060
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1033
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1084
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1096
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1041
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1044
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1095