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Saint Lucia vs. Solomon Islands Cost of Living Summary

Saint Lucia is 37.3% more expensive than Solomon Islands overall.

Restaurants: pay 4.0% more in Saint Lucia
Groceries: pay 32.5% more in Saint Lucia
Transportation: pay 19.5% more in Saint Lucia
Housing: pay 45.9% less in Saint Lucia
Childcare: pay 2.0 times more in Saint Lucia
Entertainment and Sports: pay 93.0% more in Saint Lucia
Clothing: pay 53.3% more in Saint Lucia

The cost of childcare, entertainment and sports, clothing, groceries, transportation, and restaurants in Saint Lucia are more expensive than in Solomon Islands. Notably, childcare and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia vs. Solomon Islands Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saint Lucia instead of Solomon Islands, you would:

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pay 4.0% more for restaurants

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.08 SBD49.53	$7.40 EC$20.00	+21.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.16 SBD99.06	$7.40 EC$20.00	-39.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.37 SBD11.14	$1.94 EC$5.25	+42.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.06 SBD8.67	$0.97 EC$2.63	-8.7%
Average			+4.0%

Solomon Islands vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of restaurants

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pay 32.5% more for groceries

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Bread 1 loaf	$1.49 SBD12.10	$1.67 EC$4.52	+12.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.99 SBD16.18	$5.61 EC$15.17	+182.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$9.73 SBD79.28	$7.76 EC$20.96	-20.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.49 SBD44.73	$4.24 EC$11.46	-22.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.92 SBD31.90	$4.41 EC$11.93	+12.7%
Apples (1 lb)	$3.20 SBD26.06	$3.43 EC$9.27	+7.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.17 SBD9.55	$0.75 EC$2.04	-35.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$3.54 SBD28.85	$2.86 EC$7.72	-19.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.50 SBD12.22	$3.01 EC$8.13	+100.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 SBD7.41	$2.62 EC$7.09	+188.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.52 SBD12.36	$0.78 EC$2.12	-48.3%
Average			+32.5%

Solomon Islands vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of groceries

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pay 19.5% more for transportation

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.90 SBD39.90	$5.85 EC$15.82	+19.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$24.32 SBD198.13	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$28,676.62 EC$77,500.00
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.94 SBD89.16	??
Average			+19.5%

Solomon Islands vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of transportation

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pay 45.9% less for housing

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$88.16 SBD718.21	$41.07 EC$111.00	-53.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$547.19 SBD4,457.83	$461.11 EC$1,246.17	-15.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$638.39 SBD5,200.80	$391.61 EC$1,058.33	-38.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$325.45 SBD2,651.39	$79.23 EC$214.12	-75.7%
Average			-45.9%

Solomon Islands vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of housing

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pay 2.0 times more for childcare

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$97.28 SBD792.50	$198.89 EC$537.50	+104.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,796.75 SBD22,784.44	??
Average			+104.5%

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pay 93.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.82 SBD14.86	$3.89 EC$10.51	+113.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.13 SBD25.51	$3.70 EC$10.00	+18.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.01 SBD32.69	$9.25 EC$25.00	+130.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$49.03 EC$132.50
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.34 SBD27.24	$7.03 EC$19.00	+110.2%
Average			+93.0%

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pay 53.3% more for clothing

	Solomon Islands	Saint Lucia
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$20.59 SBD167.75	$50.57 EC$136.67	+145.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$91.20 SBD742.97	$53.96 EC$145.83	-40.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$77.01 SBD627.40	$107.92 EC$291.67	+40.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$77.01 SBD627.40	$129.51 EC$350.00	+68.2%
Average			+53.3%

Solomon Islands vs. Saint Lucia - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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