Cost of living comparison

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Honiara is 20.0% more expensive than Kingston.

If you lived in Honiara instead of Kingston, you would:

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pay 22.4% more for restaurants

 
Kingston
Honiara
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.52
JMD1,198.73
$5.99
SBD50.26
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.62
JMD1,373.55
$14.99
SBD125.64
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.41
JMD225.15
$1.40
SBD11.73

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pay 11.3% more for groceries

 
Kingston
Honiara
Bread
1 loaf
$3.54
JMD564.63
$1.36
SBD11.39
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.58
JMD1,048.25
$2.28
SBD19.10
Milk (1 gallon) $15.26
JMD2,432.35
$9.08
SBD76.10

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pay 23.7% less for transportation

 
Kingston
Honiara
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
JMD770.65
$5.23
SBD43.81
Monthly public transit pass $37.59
JMD5,993.65
$29.97
SBD251.28
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $42,920.30
JMD6,842,754.28
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pay 2.2 times more for housing

 
Kingston
Honiara
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$52.89
JMD8,431.88
$119.89
SBD1,005.13
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $874.50
JMD139,421.09
$539.52
SBD4,523.09
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $425.21
JMD67,790.32
$629.44
SBD5,276.94

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pay 13.4% less for childcare

 
Kingston
Honiara
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $227.66
JMD36,294.90
$95.91
SBD804.11
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,105.29
JMD335,644.59
$2,757.54
SBD23,118.03

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pay 42.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Kingston
Honiara
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.13
JMD499.47
$2.28
SBD19.10
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.28
JMD682.82
$3.80
SBD31.83
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$8.77
JMD1,398.52
$3.84
SBD32.16

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pay 61.4% more for clothing

 
Kingston
Honiara
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$26.32
JMD4,195.56
$20.30
SBD170.20
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$25.59
JMD4,079.01
$89.92
SBD753.85
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$71.01
JMD11,321.35
$75.93
SBD636.58

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