Honiara vs Kobe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Kobe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$1107
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$2821
🏠 One person rent	$843	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$848
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1696
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	6	91
😀 Quality of life	32	78
🏙️ Population	84.5K	1.52M

The cost of living in Honiara is 27% more expensive than in Kobe. Cities ranked 3836th and 4793rd ($1411 vs $1107) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 127th 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 1.5 months in Kobe. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Kobe ranked 31st in Japan, while ranked 7824th and 674th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Kobe

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	Honiara	Kobe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$24.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$2.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$86.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$131
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$4362
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$3074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$71.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$31.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$5.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$5.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$16179

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1401
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1946
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$669
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1938
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$547
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$531
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1604
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1652
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1335
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1667
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$514
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$660
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$977
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$661
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$659
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2067
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$808
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$810
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1488
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1494
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$420
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1185
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1702
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2099

Cities near Kobe

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Ashiya	$1049
15 km or 9 mi	Nishinomiya	$1127
18 km or 11 mi	Akashi	$1158
20 km or 13 mi	Takarazuka	$1072
20 km or 13 mi	Amagasaki	$1111
21 km or 13 mi	Miki	$1057
22 km or 14 mi	Sanda	$1048
23 km or 14 mi	Itami	$1062
25 km or 16 mi	Inami	$1072
26 km or 16 mi	Kawanishi	$1056
27 km or 17 mi	Ikeda	$1046
28 km or 17 mi	Toyonaka	$1063
29 km or 18 mi	Inagawa	$1045
29 km or 18 mi	Harima	$1073
29 km or 18 mi	Osaka	$1242
29 km or 18 mi	Ono	$1057
29 km or 18 mi	Izumiotsu	$1051
30 km or 19 mi	Minoh	$1059
30 km or 19 mi	Takaishi	$1051
31 km or 19 mi	Sakai	$1146
31 km or 19 mi	Kishiwada	$1074
32 km or 20 mi	Kato	$1049
32 km or 20 mi	Suita	$1302
32 km or 20 mi	Izumi	$1065
32 km or 20 mi	Kakogawa	$1110
32 km or 20 mi	Kaizuka	$1059
34 km or 21 mi	Izumisano	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Moriguchi	$1117
36 km or 22 mi	Kumatori	$1059
36 km or 22 mi	Settsu	$1142
36 km or 22 mi	Matsubara	$1049
37 km or 23 mi	Takasago	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Kadoma	$1101
37 km or 23 mi	Sennan	$1076
37 km or 23 mi	Hannan	$1084
38 km or 23 mi	Awaji	$1156
38 km or 24 mi	Ibaraki	$1136
38 km or 24 mi	Higashiosaka	$1106
39 km or 24 mi	Nishiwaki	$1046
39 km or 24 mi	Yao	$1079