Honiara vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Honiara	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1425	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$850	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1829	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.6	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$511	$1208
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	6	96
😀 Quality of life	35	73
🏙️ Population	84.5K	12.5M

The cost of living in Honiara is 40% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 3693rd and 5167th ($1425 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 7770th and 1608th 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	$6.49	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.52	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.46	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$602	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2264	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1278	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$107	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.82%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$784	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.47	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.38	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.11	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.93	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.6	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2339	$10868

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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	$2943
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$744
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1841
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$537
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$522
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1597
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1597
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1648
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1397
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1249
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$491
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$599
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$752
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$574
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$576
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2011
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$849
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$824
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1316
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1316
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$446
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1354
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1404
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$1998

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517