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The 30-second card
Visa · United States passport
Visa on arrival · up to 30 daysSource: U.S. Department of State · Checked 25 Oct 2026 ↗SIM and eSIM
Two mobile networks operate: Our Telekom and Bmobile.Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗Cards or cash
Mostly cashMostly cards
Step 2 of 5: Cash covers most payments; cards are taken only in some places.Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗Money in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Dollar · $ · SBD
Bring enough local dollars before leaving the capital; cards work mostly at bigger Honiara hotels and shops.
Withdraw cash in Honiara, where the cash machines are.
Some hotels and resorts take Australian dollars and may even prefer them.
Budget around SI$35 for a meal at a simple eatery.
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Fri, 25 Dec 2026 · Christmas Day
Sat, 26 Dec 2026 · National Day of Thanksgiving
Fri, 1 Jan 2027 · New Year's Day
Fri, 26 Mar 2027 · Good Friday
Sat, 27 Mar 2027 · Holy Saturday
Mon, 29 Mar 2027 · Easter Monday
Mon, 17 May 2027 · Whit Monday
Fri, 11 Jun 2027 · King's Birthday
Wed, 7 Jul 2027 · Independence Day
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Safety today
Germany, the US and the UK publish their travel advice openly. Here is what those that cover Solomon Islands say, side by side, checked daily.
German Foreign Office says
No travel warning
Calm ●
Caution
Serious
Don’t go
Source: Auswärtiges Amt
Updated 14 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 14 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
U.S. Department of State says
Exercise increased caution
Calm
Caution ●
Serious
Don’t go
Level 2 of 4
Source: travel.state.gov
Updated 28 Apr 2025 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 28 Apr 2025 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
UK Foreign Office says
No advice against travel
Source: GOV.UK
Updated 12 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Updated 12 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Scams to know
Distraction theft
Keep bags close and stay alert around the central market and town beaches.
Source: GOV.UK · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗Countrywise is a summary. The official page is authoritative.
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Health
Routine shots plus hepatitis A, B and typhoid; yellow fever certificate if from a risk country. Malaria risk.
Vaccinations
Be current on routine shots; hepatitis A, hepatitis B and typhoid are also advised, and a yellow fever certificate is needed only when arriving from a risk country.
Malaria
RiskTalk to a travel clinic 4–8 weeks before you go.
Source: CDC
Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Checked 24 Oct 2026Official page
Summarised from the CDC’s Travelers’ Health pages. Using them does not mean the CDC endorses Countrywise.
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Deep facts
| GDP | ≈ $1.7 billionSource: World Bank · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
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| Per person | ≈ $2,086Source: World Bank · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Top exports | wood, fish, gold, precious metal ore, palm oil (2023)Source: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Population | 838,645Source: World Bank · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
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| Median age | 25.5 yearsSource: The World Factbook (archive) · 2025 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Life expectancy | 77.2 yearsSource: The World Factbook (archive) · 2024 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Religions | Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)Source: The World Factbook (archive) · 2009 figures · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Area | 28,896 km²Source: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
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| Climate | tropical monsoon; few temperature and weather extremesSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Terrain | mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atollsSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
| Type of government | parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realmSource: The World Factbook (archive) · as of 2025/26 · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗ |
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| Calling code | +677Source: libphonenumber · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗ |
About the data
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From your foreign ministry when it publishes its advice openly (Germany, the US, the UK). Otherwise we show those three side by side. Checked daily, with the date next to every entry.
CDC · 24 Oct 2026 ↗GOV.UK · 24 Oct 2026 ↗IANA Time Zone Database · 23 Oct 2026 ↗libphonenumber · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Nager.Date · 23 Oct 2026 ↗The World Factbook (archive) · 23 Oct 2026 ↗U.S. Department of State · 25 Oct 2026 ↗Unicode CLDR · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Wikidata · 24 Oct 2026 ↗Wikivoyage · 24 Oct 2026 ↗World Bank · 23 Oct 2026 ↗
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