Honiara vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Honiara	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1502	$1123
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3098	$2973
🏠 One person rent	$916	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1465	$836
🍽️ Food expenses	$467	$403
🚐 Transport expenses	$33	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$166	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	6	94
😀 Quality of life	47	90
🏙️ Population	84.5K	4.04M

The cost of living in Honiara is 34% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 3988th and 4931st ($1502 vs $1123) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in the Solomon Islands and Taiwan, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 7012th and 183rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs New Taipei

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	Honiara	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.81	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.6	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.5	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$3.4	$2.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.55	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$587	$577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$674	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1039	$1046
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1137	$621
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$257	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.53%	2.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1359	$12629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$800	$7371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$0.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.55	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.58	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$17
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.41	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$2.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.33	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$9.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.13	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$7.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.11	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$37.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.6	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.6	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$99.1	$650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2879	$21429

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1491
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2020
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$788
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2036
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$562
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$546
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1851
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1844
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1911
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1851
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$2015
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$526
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1863
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1992
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$680
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$1095
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$714
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$714
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2323
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1825
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2341
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$891
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$910
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1499
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1497
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$492
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1273
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1995
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1855
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2354

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1248
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$989
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$979
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$792
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$889
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$921
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$687
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$942
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$874
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$868
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$884
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$904
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$679
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$673
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$844
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$938
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$672
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$648
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$643
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$717
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$892
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$774
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$729
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$689
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$687
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$640
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$686
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$677
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$705
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$617
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$611
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$696
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$628
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$474
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$684
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$612