Honiara vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$843	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	6	92
😀 Quality of life	32	67
🏙️ Population	84.5K	9.21M

The cost of living in Honiara is 22% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 3836th and 4604th ($1411 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in the Solomon Islands and Mexico, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 7824th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Mexico City

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	Honiara	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804