Cost of living comparison
Iceland is 87.6% more expensive than Honiara.
If you lived in Iceland instead of Honiara, you would:
pay 73.9% more for restaurants
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.43
$45.83
|
$17.84
kr2,439
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$15.07
$127.31
|
$14.27
kr1,951
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.41
$20.37
|
$2.32
kr317
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.21
$10.18
|
$2.12
kr290
|
|
pay 1.5% more for groceries
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.43
$12.09
|
$3.42
kr468
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.62
$72.82
|
$5.98
kr818
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$10.04
$84.82
|
$5.33
kr728
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.70
$39.72
|
$5.66
kr774
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.27
$36.03
|
$7.09
kr970
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.99
$16.78
|
$1.16
kr159
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.55
$4.62
|
$0.98
kr134
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.73
$23.10
|
$1.17
kr160
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
$15.28
|
$1.84
kr251
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.02
$17.09
|
$0.96
kr131
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.34
$11.32
|
$0.51
kr70
|
|
pay 75.1% more for transportation
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.59
$38.76
|
$8.03
kr1,099
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$77.40
kr10,584
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$29,836.83
kr4,080,131
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$23.97
kr3,277
|
|
pay 43.3% more for housing
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$482,280.24
$4,073,882.44
|
$62.40
kr8,533
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$582.76
$4,922.61
|
$1,437.14
kr196,527
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$663.14
$5,601.59
|
$1,215.63
kr166,234
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$68.63
kr9,385
|
|
pay 45.5% more for childcare
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$120.57
$1,018.47
|
$259.34
kr35,465
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,617.10
$30,554.12
|
$2,750.10
kr376,071
|
|
pay 90.5% more for entertainment and sports
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.52
$38.19
|
$8.52
kr1,165
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.02
$33.95
|
$4.15
kr568
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.86
$32.59
|
$10.64
kr1,454
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.29
$509.24
|
$56.90
kr7,781
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.22
$35.65
|
$12.27
kr1,678
|
|
pay 3.8 times more for clothing
Honiara
|
Iceland
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$21.10
$178.23
|
$118.08
kr16,147
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$7.23
$61.11
|
$50.39
kr6,891
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$114.54
$967.55
|
$151.12
kr20,665
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.57
$1,018.47
|
$175.20
kr23,958
|
|
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