| Area |
total: 28,896 sq km (11,599 sq. mi.) land: 27,986 sq km water: 910 sq km |
| Capital | Honiara |
| Largest city (2007) | Honiara (on Guadalcanal) 66,000 |
| Other large cities (2006) | Gizo (6,300) in the New Georgia Islands, Auki (4,400) on Malaita, Buala (2,700) on Santa Isabel, Tulagi (1,500) on Nggela Sule, Kirakira (1,100) on Makira, Lata on Ndeni in the Santa Cruz Islands |
| Climate |
Tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather. Terrain: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls |
| Time Difference | UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |