Honiara is 755.6 times more expensive than Rome.

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

pay 3.4% less for restaurants

 
Rome
Honiara
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $19.79
€18.23
$5.43
$45.83
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$9.90
€9.11
$15.07
$127.31
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.26
€2.08
$2.41
$20.37

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pay 44.7% more for groceries

 
Rome
Honiara
Bread
1 loaf
$1.78
€1.64
$1.43
$12.09
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.48
€7.81
$8.62
$72.82
Milk (1 gallon) $6.93
€6.38
$10.04
$84.82

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pay 40.2% less for transportation

 
Rome
Honiara
Gasoline (1 gallon) $7.67
€7.06
$4.59
$38.76
Monthly public transit pass $38.48
€35.44
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New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,486.24
€25,313.45
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pay 5284.1 times more for housing

 
Rome
Honiara
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$30.43
€28.02
$482,280.24
$4,073,882.44
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,171.91
€1,079.27
$582.76
$4,922.61
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $773.95
€712.77
$663.14
$5,601.59

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pay 68.0% less for childcare

 
Rome
Honiara
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $531.12
€489.13
$120.57
$1,018.47
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $8,734.44
€8,043.98
$3,617.10
$30,554.12

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pay 6.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Rome
Honiara
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.50
€5.06
$4.52
$38.19
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.67
€1.54
$4.02
$33.95
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.60
€6.08
$3.86
$32.59

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pay 35.1% less for clothing

 
Rome
Honiara
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$85.59
€78.83
$21.10
$178.23
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.33
€33.46
$7.23
$61.11
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$97.35
€89.66
$114.54
$967.55

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