Honiara vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honiara	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1459	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2996	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$846	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1307	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$487	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$576	$679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	6	24
😀 Quality of life	32	38
🏙️ Population	84.5K	7.82M

The cost of living in Honiara is 88% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 3872nd and 6542nd ($1459 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 43rd in the Solomon Islands and China, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Honiara compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 7802nd and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Shangqiu

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	Honiara	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.4	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$600	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$567	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1242	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.71%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1467	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$842	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.25	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.18	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.1	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.62	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$18304

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1464
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$3054
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$629
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$2349
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$557
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$541
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1693
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1700
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1755
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1442
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1303
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1615
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$521
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1754
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1925
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$603
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$901
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$596
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$596
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2491
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1877
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2141
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$921
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$898
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1523
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1519
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$459
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1289
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1815
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2286

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542