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OCEANIA / SOLOMON ISLANDS
Triplandio Honiara guide covers 3 travel guides across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Honiara with 72 POI, spanning 41.8 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Honiara
City & Country Data Solomon Islands (Honiara)
Key travel data for Honiara — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Solomon Islands
Tourists
4.4K/y
GDP/cap
$2.1k
Life Exp
70.7 yrs
Population
838.6K
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Honiara
Coffee
$3.50
Beer
$2.50
Lunch
$7.50
Groceries
$100.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.00
Transit
$1.00
Fuel
$1.50/l
Internet
$100.00/m
Salary
$1,000/m
Best time to visit Honiara (Solomon Islands)
Now (September) avg: 26°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Sep & Aug.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
30°C / 23°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:07 / 18:15
Local time
9:20
Sea Temp
29°C
Best Months 
Sep & Aug
Sep & Aug
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Sea temperature
Sea warmth for swimming, by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Traditional dish of fish wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in coconut milk. Fresh banana blossom salad mixed with local greens and a tangy dressing. Crispy fried taro and sweet potato cakes, a local street snack. Whole bananas baked in a coconut and honey glaze, served warm. A sweet pudding made from taro, wrapped and steamed in coconut leaves.
Traditional Local Food
Honiara (Solomon Islands)
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Main course
Fish & Seafood
Bona Kato
Boh-nuh Kah-toh
· Leaf-wrapped fish dish
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Starter
Vegan
Kakala Salad
Kah-kah-lah Sah-lahd
· Banana blossom salad
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Snack
Vegetarian
Panikeke Laplap
Pah-nee-keh-keh Lah-plahp
· Fried taro cakes
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Rukut Banana
Roo-koot Bah-nah-nah
· Baked banana in coconut
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Dessert
Vegetarian
Ulu Masi
Oo-loo Mah-see
· Taro and coconut pudding