Honiara vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honiara	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1459	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2996	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$846	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$1307	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$487	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$576	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	6	96
😀 Quality of life	32	74
🏙️ Population	84.5K	13M

The cost of living in Honiara is 36% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3872nd and 5091st ($1459 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Solomon Islands and Russia, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7802nd and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Moscow

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	Honiara	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$600	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$567	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1242	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.71%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1467	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$842	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.25	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.18	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.62	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$11652

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541