Honiara vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Honiara	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1419	$3469
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2882	$7890
🏠 One person rent	$835	$2370
🏘️ Family rent	$1270	$4148
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$726
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.3	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$172	$5254
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	6	86
😀 Quality of life	33	93
🏙️ Population	84.5K	1.39M

The cost of living in Honiara is 59% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4205th and 43rd ($1419 vs $3469) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 33rd in the Solomon Islands and the United States, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs San Diego ranked 26th in the United States, while ranked 8582nd and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs San Diego

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	Honiara	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.15	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$15.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$8.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$6.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$3.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$2499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$571	$2053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1111	$4569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$156
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.3	$71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.52%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1465	$9580
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$932	$7151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.65	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$6.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$1.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.16	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.11	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.78	$14.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$5.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.7	$63.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.07	$17.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$30.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1745
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2770	$28967

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1417
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1882
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$733
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1884
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$566
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$548
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1807
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1878
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1513
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1683
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$533
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1710
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1798
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$596
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$997
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$684
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$683
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2065
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1662
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2140
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$836
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$818
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1496
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1502
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$507
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1184
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1747
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2181

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782