Roatan
- Population
- β
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,555 a month in Roatan, rent included: 74% less than in New York. The average net salary is $500 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Roatan; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%26
- Safetycountry20%39
- Health carecountry15%33
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%37
- Connectivitycountry10%40
- Cost10%52
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Roatan | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $8.00 | $25.00 | β68% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $40.00 | $140 | β71% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $8.50 | $14.00 | β39% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.50 | $8.00 | β69% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.00 | $10.00 | β50% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.33 | $6.37 | β32% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.97 | $3.80 | β74% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.85 | $2.89 | β71% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.41 | $1.36 | +4% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.19 | $4.68 | β32% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.49 | $6.97 | β64% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.00 | $5.73 | β65% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $11.02 | $17.38 | β37% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.61 | $15.11 | β56% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $17.64 | $17.77 | β1% |
| Apples (1 kg) | β | $6.11 | β |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.10 | $2.20 | β50% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.10 | $5.77 | β81% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $0.55 | $6.25 | β91% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.61 | $3.47 | β54% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.52 | $4.17 | β64% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.15 | $2.72 | β58% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $3.00 | $2.50 | +20% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $7.75 | $20.00 | β61% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.37 | $3.21 | β57% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.57 | $3.96 | β35% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.00 | $19.00 | β84% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | β | $3.00 | β |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.00 | $3.00 | β33% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | β | $2.18 | β |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $10.00 | $42.00 | β76% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.06 | $1.10 | β4% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | β | $35,458 | β |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $30,000 | $25,309 | +19% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | β | $73.50 | β |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $100 | $71.93 | +39% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $60.00 | $126 | β52% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | β | $23.00 | β |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $500 | $3,366 | β85% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | β | $60,589 | β |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $40.00 | $72.80 | β45% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $20.00 | $53.22 | β62% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $40.00 | $118 | β66% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $50.00 | $125 | β60% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $850 | $4,417 | β81% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $550 | $3,033 | β82% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,000 | $9,242 | β78% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,250 | $5,461 | β77% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $1,884 | $18,759 | β90% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,345 | $6,523 | β79% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $500 | $5,178 | β90% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 18.00% | 6.49% | +11.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
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| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $850 | $500 |
| Nov 2025 | β | $850 | $500 |
| Aug 2025 | β | $850 | $500 |
| Jul 2025 | β | $850 | $500 |
| May 2025 | β | $850 | $575 |
| Dec 2024 | β | $850 | $575 |
| Feb 2024 | β | $850 | $633 |
| Jan 2024 | β | $850 | $633 |
| Dec 2023 | β | $850 | $633 |
| Nov 2023 | β | $850 | $633 |
| Oct 2023 | β | $850 | $633 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Honduras's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Roatan yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Roatan. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Roatan on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Roatan yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Roatan.
Internet
Honduras median; city not listed- Upload
- 39Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 9ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 43Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 28ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 16.2Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 8.9Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 11.2%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 18.00%20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 25.1Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Roatan
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 2Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 82%6 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026