Honiara vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Honiara	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1419	$3201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2882	$6971
🏠 One person rent	$835	$2218
🏘️ Family rent	$1270	$3750
🍽️ Food expenses	$460	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.3	$268
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$172	$4609
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	6	89
😀 Quality of life	33	98
🏙️ Population	84.5K	5.87M

The cost of living in Honiara is 56% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 4205th and 109th ($1419 vs $3201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Solomon Islands and Singapore, respectively. Check the Solomon Islands vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Honiara compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Honiara ranked 1st best city to live in the Solomon Islands vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 8582nd and 7th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Honiara vs Singapore City

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	Honiara	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.15	$8.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$64.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$7.77
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$5.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$2659
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$571	$1943
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1111	$4723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$97
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$254	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$95.3	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.52%	2.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1465	$22654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$932	$7935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$87.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$2.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.65	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$3.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.49	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.16	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.9	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$4.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.11	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.78	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$4.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.7	$115
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.07	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$31.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$85.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.5	$1206
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2770	$29519

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Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1417
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1882
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$733
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1884
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$566
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$548
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1807
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1811
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1878
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1513
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1683
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$533
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1710
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1798
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$596
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$997
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$684
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$683
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2065
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1662
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2140
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$836
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$818
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1496
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1502
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$507
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1184
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1839
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1747
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2181

Cities near Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$542
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$502
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$771
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$771
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$689
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$643
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$519
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$552
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$584
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$681
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$444
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$704
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$598
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$864
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$657
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$390
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$552
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$411
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$420
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$461
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$701
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$754
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$653