Cost of living comparison
Greece is 44.3% more expensive than Honiara.
If you lived in Greece instead of Honiara, you would:
pay 6.7% more for restaurants
Honiara
|
Greece
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.43
$45.83
|
$12.71
€11.71
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$15.07
$127.31
|
$8.10
€7.46
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.41
$20.37
|
$1.99
€1.83
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.21
$10.18
|
$0.68
€0.62
|
|
pay 37.2% less for groceries
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.43
$12.09
|
$1.16
€1.07
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.62
$72.82
|
$4.97
€4.58
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$10.04
$84.82
|
$5.63
€5.18
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.70
$39.72
|
$3.81
€3.51
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.27
$36.03
|
$3.64
€3.35
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.99
$16.78
|
$0.86
€0.79
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.55
$4.62
|
$0.86
€0.79
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.73
$23.10
|
$0.62
€0.57
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
$15.28
|
$0.83
€0.76
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.02
$17.09
|
$0.53
€0.49
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.34
$11.32
|
$0.48
€0.44
|
|
pay 91.9% more for transportation
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.59
$38.76
|
$8.80
€8.11
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$40.24
€37.06
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$22,158.38
€20,406.76
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$13.03
€12.00
|
|
pay 57.4% less for housing
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$482,280.24
$4,073,882.44
|
$34.83
€32.08
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$582.76
$4,922.61
|
$429.23
€395.30
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$663.14
$5,601.59
|
$358.56
€330.22
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$172.07
€158.46
|
|
pay 2.3 times more for childcare
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$120.57
$1,018.47
|
$341.10
€314.14
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,617.10
$30,554.12
|
$6,725.16
€6,193.53
|
|
pay 18.1% more for entertainment and sports
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.52
$38.19
|
$4.08
€3.76
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.02
$33.95
|
$3.33
€3.07
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.86
$32.59
|
$5.12
€4.71
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.29
$509.24
|
$45.22
€41.65
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.22
$35.65
|
$8.85
€8.15
|
|
pay 2.5 times more for clothing
Honiara
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$21.10
$178.23
|
$76.36
€70.33
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$7.23
$61.11
|
$36.41
€33.54
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$114.54
$967.55
|
$77.82
€71.67
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.57
$1,018.47
|
$99.20
€91.36
|
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