Cost of living comparison
Moscow is 39.1% more expensive than Honiara.
If you lived in Moscow instead of Honiara, you would:
pay 29.7% less for restaurants
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.43
$45.98
|
$8.62
₽804.51
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$15.07
$127.73
|
$4.93
₽459.72
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.41
$20.44
|
$1.02
₽95.32
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.21
$10.22
|
$0.57
₽53.27
|
|
pay 55.4% less for groceries
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.43
$12.13
|
$0.69
₽64.36
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$8.62
$73.06
|
$5.18
₽482.98
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$10.04
$85.10
|
$4.02
₽375.02
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.70
$39.85
|
$1.42
₽132.43
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.27
$36.15
|
$2.00
₽186.31
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.99
$16.84
|
$0.62
₽57.78
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.55
$4.64
|
$0.53
₽49.92
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.73
$23.18
|
$0.70
₽65.37
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.81
$15.33
|
$1.40
₽130.85
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.02
$17.15
|
$0.27
₽25.11
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.34
$11.36
|
$0.26
₽24.67
|
|
pay 46.1% less for transportation
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.59
$38.89
|
$2.47
₽230.75
|
|
Monthly public transit pass | ?? |
$30.79
₽2,873.24
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) | ?? |
$30,787.49
₽2,873,243.39
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) | ?? |
$3.94
₽367.78
|
|
pay 25.8% less for housing
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$482,280.24
$4,087,414.26
|
$6.45
₽601.91
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$582.76
$4,938.96
|
$860.20
₽80,278.42
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$663.14
$5,620.19
|
$497.14
₽46,396.04
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
?? |
$90.59
₽8,454.15
|
|
pay 3.3 times more for childcare
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$120.57
$1,021.85
|
$487.67
₽45,512.18
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,617.10
$30,655.61
|
$9,121.01
₽851,218.61
|
|
pay 18.7% less for entertainment and sports
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.52
$38.32
|
$3.08
₽287.32
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$4.02
$34.06
|
$2.57
₽239.66
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.86
$32.70
|
$2.52
₽235.03
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$60.29
$510.93
|
$38.25
₽3,569.70
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$4.22
$35.76
|
$6.16
₽574.65
|
|
pay 3.2 times more for clothing
Honiara
|
Moscow
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$21.10
$178.82
|
$94.24
₽8,795.15
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$7.23
$61.31
|
$45.95
₽4,287.92
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$114.54
$970.76
|
$106.61
₽9,948.92
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.57
$1,021.85
|
$132.25
₽12,342.63
|
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