Cost of living comparison
Honiara is 660.3 times more expensive than Greece.
If you lived in Honiara instead of Greece, you would:
pay 32.0% more for restaurants
Greece
|
Honiara
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$12.71
€11.88
|
$5.43
$45.98
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.10
€7.57
|
$15.07
$127.73
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.99
€1.86
|
$2.41
$20.44
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.68
€0.63
|
$1.21
$10.22
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for groceries
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.16
€1.08
|
$1.43
$12.13
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.97
€4.65
|
$8.62
$73.06
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.63
€5.26
|
$10.04
$85.10
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.81
€3.56
|
$4.70
$39.85
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.64
€3.40
|
$4.27
$36.15
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.86
€0.80
|
$1.99
$16.84
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.86
€0.80
|
$0.55
$4.64
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.62
€0.58
|
$2.73
$23.18
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.83
€0.77
|
$1.81
$15.33
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
€0.50
|
$2.02
$17.15
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.48
€0.45
|
$1.34
$11.36
|
|
pay 47.9% less for transportation
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$8.80
€8.23
|
$4.59
$38.89
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$40.24
€37.62
|
?? | |
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$22,158.38
€20,715.54
|
?? | |
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.03
€12.18
|
?? | |
pay 4616.1 times more for housing
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$34.83
€32.57
|
$482,280.24
$4,087,414.26
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$429.23
€401.28
|
$582.76
$4,938.96
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$358.56
€335.21
|
$663.14
$5,620.19
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$172.07
€160.86
|
?? | |
pay 55.5% less for childcare
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$341.10
€318.89
|
$120.57
$1,021.85
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,725.16
€6,287.25
|
$3,617.10
$30,655.61
|
|
pay 2.4% less for entertainment and sports
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.08
€3.82
|
$4.52
$38.32
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.33
€3.11
|
$4.02
$34.06
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$5.12
€4.79
|
$3.86
$32.70
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$45.22
€42.28
|
$60.29
$510.93
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.85
€8.27
|
$4.22
$35.76
|
|
pay 20.9% less for clothing
Greece
|
Honiara
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$76.36
€71.39
|
$21.10
$178.82
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$36.41
€34.04
|
$7.23
$61.31
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$77.82
€72.75
|
$114.54
$970.76
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$99.20
€92.74
|
$120.57
$1,021.85
|
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