Honiara vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Honiara	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1411	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2862	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$843	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1293	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$571	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	6	24
😀 Quality of life	32	39
🏙️ Population	84.5K	6.56M

The cost of living in Honiara is 138% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 3836th and 7740th ($1411 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 Shaoyang. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 7824th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Shaoyang

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	Honiara	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.04	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.17	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$585	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$561	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1228	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$116	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.72%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1471	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$899	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.41	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.29	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.08	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.81	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.94	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.94	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$24	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2702	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600