Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Solomon Islands
  3. Iceland
  4. Comparison
SBD
COMPARED TO
ISK

Iceland is 2.2 times more expensive than Solomon Islands.

If you lived in Iceland instead of Solomon Islands, you would:
local_dining

pay 44.0% more for restaurants

  Solomon Islands help_outline Iceland help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.82
$45.71
$15.54
kr1,631
+167.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $14.70
$115.48
$12.54
kr1,316
-14.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.76
$21.65
$2.37
kr249
-13.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $1.22
$9.62
$1.68
kr177
+37.4%
Average +44.0%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 9.5% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.37
$10.75
$3.04
kr319
+122.0%
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.76
$68.81
$5.12
kr538
-41.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $9.51
$74.68
$4.59
kr482
-51.7%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $5.14
$40.42
$5.23
kr549
+1.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $4.33
$34.05
$6.56
kr689
+51.4%
Apples (1 lb) $2.06
$16.15
$0.98
kr103
-52.2%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.56
$4.37
$0.83
kr88
+50.1%
Oranges (1 lb) $2.78
$21.83
$1.02
kr107
-63.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.84
$14.44
$1.68
kr176
-8.8%
Potatoes (1 lb) $2.06
$16.15
$0.96
kr100
-53.5%
Onions (1 lb) $1.36
$10.69
$0.55
kr58
-59.3%
Average -9.5%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 40.5% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.99
$31.37
$5.96
kr626
+49.3%
Monthly public transit pass ?? $90.41
kr9,489
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) ?? $26,163.21
kr2,745,829
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $16.97
$133.29
$22.36
kr2,347
+31.8%
Average +40.5%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 1.6% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $489,987.77
$3,849,338.07
$63.30
kr6,644
-100.0%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,178.04
$9,254.64
$1,285.14
kr134,875
+9.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $521.25
$4,094.91
$1,064.16
kr111,684
+104.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $74.94
$588.72
$69.69
kr7,314
-7.0%
Average +1.6%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 2.7 times more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $55.63
$437.06
$279.46
kr29,329
+402.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $6,635.25
$52,126.45
$3,014.93
kr316,417
-54.6%
Average +173.8%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 54.0% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $4.29
$33.68
$7.97
kr837
+85.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.08
$32.08
$4.17
kr438
+2.1%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $3.92
$30.79
$10.58
kr1,110
+169.8%
Monthly membership at local gym $81.66
$641.56
$50.68
kr5,319
-37.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $7.35
$57.74
$11.05
kr1,159
+50.3%
Average +54.0%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 6.3 times more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $8.17
$64.16
$104.95
kr11,015
+1185.2%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $8.57
$67.36
$60.45
kr6,345
+605.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $55.12
$433.05
$154.03
kr16,166
+179.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $61.25
$481.17
$161.72
kr16,973
+164.0%
Average +533.4%
Solomon Islands vs. Iceland - Cost of clothing
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