Honiara vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Honiara	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1422	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2962	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$832	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$1327	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$469	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.6	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$148	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	6	27
😀 Quality of life	46	52
🏙️ Population	84.5K	6.17M

The cost of living in Honiara is 80% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 4292nd and 6807th ($1422 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 30th in the Solomon Islands and China, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 7164th and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Maoming

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	Honiara	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.83	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.2	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.54	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$591	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$902	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$996	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$89.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.69%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1356	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.6	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.1	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.67	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.55	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.53	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.53	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.31	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.08	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.86	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.55	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.5	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.5	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.8	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2860	$19015

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1422
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2062
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$783
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2068
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$572
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$558
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1865
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1865
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1928
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1695
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1839
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1640
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$538
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1864
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1988
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$633
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$1039
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$714
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$718
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2269
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1813
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2352
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$879
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$857
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1507
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1510
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$506
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1288
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1997
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1867
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2379

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943