Honiara vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$843	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$6742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	6	80
😀 Quality of life	32	91
🏙️ Population	84.5K	737K

The cost of living in Honiara is 53% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 3836th and 158th ($1411 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 7824th and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Seattle

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	Honiara	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093