Honiara vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Honiara	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1425	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$2070
🏠 One person rent	$850	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$1829	$526
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.6	$83.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$511	$724
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	6	20
😀 Quality of life	35	43
🏙️ Population	84.5K	6.49M

The cost of living in Honiara is 98% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 3693rd and 6691st ($1425 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 70th 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 months in Shangrao. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Shangrao ranked 244th in China, while ranked 7770th and 6824th 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	$6.49	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.8	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.52	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.46	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$602	$343
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$581	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2264	$687
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1278	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$51.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$107	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.82%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$784	$2536
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.47	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.38	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.44
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.11	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.91	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.8	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.74	$4.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.93	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$5.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.6	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$78.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$558
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2339	$20642

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1422
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$2943
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$744
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1841
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$537
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$522
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1597
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1597
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1648
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1397
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1249
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1545
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$491
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1816
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1881
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$599
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$752
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$574
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$576
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2356
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1785
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2011
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$849
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$824
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1316
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1316
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$446
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1354
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1461
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1404
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$1998

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$643
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$655
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$644
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$677
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$713
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$620
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$811
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$741
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$678
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$538
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$725
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$708
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$694
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$700
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$720
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$787
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$744
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$728
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$671
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$647
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$789
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$831
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$664
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$687
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$707
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$581
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$755
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$898
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$613
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$735
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$699
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$669
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$697
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$675
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$587
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$696