Honiara vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$843	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	6	20
😀 Quality of life	32	41
🏙️ Population	84.5K	6.44M

The cost of living in Honiara is 110% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 3836th and 7052nd ($1411 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 7824th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Shangrao

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	Honiara	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621