Honiara vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$843	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	6	72
😀 Quality of life	32	78
🏙️ Population	84.5K	7.01M

The cost of living in Honiara is 14% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3836th and 2911th ($1411 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Solomon Islands and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7824th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Riyadh

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	Honiara	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529