Honiara vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Honiara	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1419	$1025
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2882	$2558
🏠 One person rent	$835	$479
🏘️ Family rent	$1270	$810
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$294
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.3	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$172	$2002
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	6	100
😀 Quality of life	33	81
🏙️ Population	84.5K	594K

The cost of living in Honiara is 38% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 4205th and 5371st ($1419 vs $1025) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 306th 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 2 months in Kawaguchi. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Kawaguchi ranked 21st in Japan, while ranked 8582nd and 694th 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	$7.15	$3.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$571	$333
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1111	$901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$83.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.3	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.52%	1.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1465	$6408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$932	$3676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$73.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.65	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$3.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$3.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.16	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.11	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.78	$10.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.7	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.07	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$18.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$56.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$316
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2770	$15648

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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

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$961
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$945
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1047
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1037
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1002
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1078
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1035
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1020
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$972
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1698
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1005
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1055
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1028
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1024
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$975
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1110
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$997
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1025
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1038
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$961
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1055
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$994
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1004
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$990
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1115
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1066
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1068
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$998
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1007
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1066