Honiara vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Honiara	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1459	$991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2996	$2646
🏠 One person rent	$846	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$1307	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$487	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.5	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$576	$1854
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	6	53
😀 Quality of life	32	69
🏙️ Population	84.5K	686K

The cost of living in Honiara is 47% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 3872nd and 5761st ($1459 vs $991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 722nd 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 1.9 months in Shizuoka. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Shizuoka ranked 420th in Japan, while ranked 7802nd and 2988th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Shizuoka

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	Honiara	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.4	$30.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.4	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$3.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.24	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.51	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$600	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$567	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1242	$720
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$524
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$90.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$111	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.71%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1467	$6785
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$842	$4661
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$2.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$79.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$21.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.69	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.25	$1.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.3	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$3.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.18	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.06	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$3.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$0.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.37	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.1	$74.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.62	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$61.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$121	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2764	$21319

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$964
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$970
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$989
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$993
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$995
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1062
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1031
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$999
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1055
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$993
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1042
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1044
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1043
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1045
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1046
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1042
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$996
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1045
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1050
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1051
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1053
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1046
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1067
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1046
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1062
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1103
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1096
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1116
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1038
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1059
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1121
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1086
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1161
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1042
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1064
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$981
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1103