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Jamaica vs Solomon Islands
Price level and homicide-based safety head to head, plus every ICP category both Jamaica and Solomon Islands publish. Statistics, not reviews.
1Visa-free travelPassport Index open dataset · MIT
Do I need a visa for Jamaica or the Solomon Islands
Tourist entry rules in both directions: a passport from Jamaica travelling to the Solomon Islands, and a passport from the Solomon Islands travelling to Jamaica.
Tourist stays only, from the openly licensed Passport Index dataset — refreshed with each release. Long stays always need a consular check.
2Moving to Solomon Islands
2Moving to Jamaica
3Climate · capital cities NASA POWER · PUBLIC DOMAIN
Weather and climate: Jamaica against Solomon Islands, month by month
How warm and how wet each month is, averaged over twenty years. Measured in Kingston and Honiara — the capital city, not the whole country.
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Kingston · Jamaica Honiara · Solomon Islands
Warmest
August (28.1°) vs December (26.8°)
Coldest
January (25.5°) vs July (25.7°)
Kinder months to visit
Jan–Feb in Kingston · Jul–Aug in Honiara
Source: NASA POWER, MERRA-2 monthly climatology 2001–2020, grid cell of the capital · U.S. public domain. “Kinder months” is our reading: 15–26 °C mean and moderate rain.
4The basket
No category basket for this pair
The ICP 2021 category breakdown is not published for Solomon Islands — the country did not take part in the survey round. The headline price level above still comes from the World Bank index; only the per-category split is unavailable.
3Price level · US = 100
on the World Bank price-level index · gap 49% · Jamaica cheaper
6Three movers, three answersderived from the figures above
The earner
Wages usually track local prices: the 49% gap matters less when the paycheck is local too.
JamaicaThe remote worker
A salary pegged elsewhere buys more where prices are lower — here that is Jamaica.
JamaicaThe cautious
The homicide-based score is 47 points apart, favouring Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands8Where this pair sits
Price twins
Jamaica’s price zone
Solomon Islands’s price zone
nearest price levels worldwide · tap to compare
Same lifestyle, new price
$1,000 in Jamaica buys what $1,488 buys in Solomon Islands
because the same basket of goods and services is priced 33% lower in Jamaica — 61.7 against 91.8 on the World Bank index. The amount is a round sum for illustration, not a converted price.
average across the economy · estimate
Safety ranks · of 84
#82JAMAICA #44SOLOMON ISLANDS
by homicide-based score, safest first
Jamaica’s safety zone
Solomon Islands’s safety zone
nearest world ranks · tap to compare
9Reader verdict
Your call — which one fits you better?
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10What the numbers say
The split: cost favours Jamaica by 49%, the homicide-based score favours Solomon Islands by 47 points. Which matters more depends on whose paycheck crosses the border.
Release v2026-08; homicide rates carry their own year per country. World ranks — #82 and #44 of 85 by score.
10bPlan your move
Which one suits you?
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Guidance from published statistics, not immigration or financial advice — see the disclaimer.
11FAQ
Is Jamaica really 49% cheaper?
What does the homicide-based score measure?
Why is there only one page per pair?
Do the two data years match?
12Keep exploring
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All comparisons with Solomon Islands 55
- Solomon Islands vs Albania
- Solomon Islands vs Antigua and Barbuda
- Solomon Islands vs Argentina
- Solomon Islands vs Australia
- Solomon Islands vs Austria
- Solomon Islands vs Bahamas
- Solomon Islands vs Barbados
- Solomon Islands vs Belgium
- Solomon Islands vs Belize
- Solomon Islands vs Bolivia
- Solomon Islands vs Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Solomon Islands vs Brazil
- Solomon Islands vs Bulgaria
- Solomon Islands vs Canada
- Solomon Islands vs Chile
- Solomon Islands vs Colombia
- Solomon Islands vs Costa Rica
- Solomon Islands vs Croatia
- Solomon Islands vs Cyprus
- Solomon Islands vs Czech Republic
- Solomon Islands vs Denmark
- Solomon Islands vs Dominica
- Solomon Islands vs Dominican Republic
- Solomon Islands vs Ecuador
- Solomon Islands vs El Salvador
- Solomon Islands vs Estonia
- Solomon Islands vs Fiji
- Solomon Islands vs Finland
- Solomon Islands vs France
- Solomon Islands vs Germany
- Solomon Islands vs Greece
- Solomon Islands vs Grenada
- Solomon Islands vs Guatemala
- Solomon Islands vs Guyana
- Solomon Islands vs Haiti
- Solomon Islands vs Honduras
- Solomon Islands vs Hungary
- Solomon Islands vs Iceland
- Solomon Islands vs Ireland
- Solomon Islands vs Italy
- Solomon Islands vs Jamaica
- Solomon Islands vs Kiribati
- Solomon Islands vs Latvia
- Solomon Islands vs Lithuania
- Solomon Islands vs Luxembourg
- Solomon Islands vs Malta
- Solomon Islands vs Marshall Islands
- Solomon Islands vs Mexico
- Solomon Islands vs Micronesia
- Solomon Islands vs Montenegro
- Solomon Islands vs Netherlands
- Solomon Islands vs New Zealand
- Solomon Islands vs Nicaragua
- Solomon Islands vs North Macedonia
- Solomon Islands vs Norway
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13Sources & licences
Sources behind this comparison
Our calculations, not official figures.
Sources: World Bank WDI · ICP 2021 · UNODC via WDI · Passport Index · NASA POWER · Eurostat · BLS · Statistics Canada · release v2026-08
Rights holder: The World Bank · World Development Indicators, PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI · reference year 2025 · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0, reuse subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. Values are reproduced as published; United States = 100 is the indicator’s own base. Every ranking, gap and comment is a Costely calculation. Note: The World Bank does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: The World Bank · International Comparison Program 2021, measure PX.WL · benchmark year 2021, published May 2024 · accessed 22 July 2026 · worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — commercial use permitted, subject to the World Bank Dataset Terms of Use. World = 100 — a different base from the summary index above; the two are deliberately not merged.
Rights holder: The World Bank (distribution); original data provider: UNODC (Intentional Homicide, UN-CTS) · WDI VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · latest available year per country, marked on the page · accessed 22 July 2026 · data.worldbank.org · licence: CC BY 4.0 — these terms describe the World Bank distribution, not a licence we assign to UNODC data. Rates are reproduced exactly as published, per 100,000 population. Note: the homicide-based score — clamp(105 − 20·ln(1 + rate), 0, 100) — is our construction, not a World Bank or UNODC indicator, and covers intentional homicide only.
Rights holder: Passport Index (Arton Capital) · open dataset · accessed 8 August 2026 · passport-index-dataset · licence: MIT — commercial use permitted with attribution. Codes cover tourist stays only; day counts are reproduced as published. Note: entry rules change frequently — always confirm with the consulate before booking.
Rights holder: NASA Langley Research Center · POWER Project, MERRA-2 monthly climatology, T2M and PRECTOTCORR · averaging period January 2001 – December 2020 · accessed 13 August 2026 · power.larc.nasa.gov · U.S. Government work, public domain — free to use, including commercially. Each figure is the model grid cell containing the capital city, reproduced as published. Note: the capital is not the whole country, and the “kinder months to visit” band (15–26 °C mean, moderate rain) is a Costely reading, not a NASA recommendation. NASA does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of Earnings Survey, earn_ses_monthly — median and mean gross monthly earnings, all employees, industry, construction and services except public administration · reference year 2022 · accessed 14 August 2026 · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Figures are reproduced as published; PPS values are Eurostat’s own adjustment for price differences between countries. Note: gross pay before tax and social contributions; the survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest wave. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Structure of earnings survey 2022 (earn_ses22_21), mean monthly earnings by occupation · mean gross monthly earnings in euro, enterprises with 10 employees or more, all ages, both sexes · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Earnings are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: These are means, not medians, so large salaries pull them up; they are gross, before tax and social contributions. The survey runs every four years, so 2022 is the latest round. Occupations are the nine broad ISCO-08 groups — Europe publishes nothing finer, unlike the United States. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. These are means, while the median wage card on the same page comes from the same survey but is a different measure, so the two figures will not match. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Purchasing power parities, price level indices by expenditure category (prc_ppp_ind) · EU27_2020 = 100, reference year 2024 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Index values are reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: these are price levels, not prices — 100 is the EU average of the same year, so a value of 120 means dearer than the EU average by a fifth, and nothing about what a kilo costs. This measure is shown only when both countries of a pair are covered by Eurostat, which is the EU, EFTA and candidate countries; every other pair keeps the World Bank benchmark of 2021 on the World = 100 base, and the two must not be read against each other. A price level index says how a country compares with the EU average in the same year, not what anything costs. Values above 100 mean dearer than the EU average, below 100 cheaper. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, and this block is shown only when both countries are covered. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: European Union, Eurostat · Energy prices for household consumers, bi-annual data (nrg_pc_204 electricity, nrg_pc_202 gas) · 2025-S2 · retrieved 20 August 2026 via the Eurostat dissemination API · ec.europa.eu/eurostat · reuse authorised with acknowledgement of the source, including for commercial purposes. Consumption bands: electricity band DC, 2 500-4 999 kWh a year; gas band D2, 20-199 GJ a year; both including all taxes and levies. Prices are in euro and reproduced as published; the difference column is a Costely calculation. Note: coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries, because the reuse terms do not extend to data about other countries. Prices are per kilowatt-hour for a typical household band, including all taxes and levies, as published. Where a country has not reported the latest half-year, its most recent reported half-year is used and named in the row. Coverage is limited to EU, EFTA and candidate countries. The European Commission does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Current Employment Statistics, national — average weekly earnings of all employees, total private, CES0500000011 · retrieved 14 August 2026 via the BLS Public Data API · bls.gov/ces · work of the U.S. Government, public domain — free to reuse, including commercially. The monthly figure is a Costely conversion from weekly earnings. Note: this is an average, while the European figures are medians, so the two are not measured the same way; averages sit above medians. BLS.gov cannot vouch for data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov. The BLS does not endorse this site.
Rights holder: Statistics Canada · Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, table 14-10-0223-01, vector 79311153 — average weekly earnings including overtime, all employees, industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses, seasonally adjusted · May 2026 · accessed 14 August 2026 · www150.statcan.gc.ca · Statistics Canada Open Licence — reuse and redistribution permitted, including commercially, with acknowledgement of source. Reproduced and distributed on an “as is” basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. The published value is weekly; the monthly figure and the conversion to US dollars are Costely calculations. Note: this is a mean, unlike the Eurostat medians. Statistics Canada does not endorse this website.