Honiara vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$843	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	6	73
😀 Quality of life	32	87
🏙️ Population	84.5K	1.96M

The cost of living in Honiara is 17% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 3836th and 4470th ($1411 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th in the Solomon Islands and Japan, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 7824th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Sapporo

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	Honiara	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088