Adelaide vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$64.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$645
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	50	27
😀 Quality of life	94	66
🏙️ Population	1.39M	149K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 155% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 1686th and 6542nd ($2117 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Mauritius, respectively. Check Australia vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Port Louis ranked 2nd in Mauritius, while ranked 65th and 4910th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Port Louis

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	Adelaide	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$3.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$392
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$504
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$49.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$28.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$1153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$6.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$6.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$4881

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609