Honiara vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$843	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	6	72
😀 Quality of life	32	90
🏙️ Population	84.5K	1.06M

The cost of living in Honiara is 34% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 3836th and 5132nd ($1411 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 7824th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Sendai

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	Honiara	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$5986

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034