Al Ain vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Al Ain	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1050	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2765	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$560	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1195	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$317	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.7	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3674	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	37	27
😀 Quality of life	79	62
🏙️ Population	767K	149K

The cost of living in Al Ain is 27% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5284th and 6351st ($1050 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Mauritius, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Al Ain compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Al Ain ranked 5th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 600th and 4805th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Al Ain	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.11	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.8	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.15	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$460	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$820	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.9	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.1	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.73%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2023	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1222	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.1	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.68	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.07	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.29	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.18	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.1	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.7	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.8	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$665	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6250	$3888

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Cities near Al Ain

Distance	City	Cost of living
119 km or 74 mi	Fujairah	$1232
126 km or 78 mi	Dubai	$2309
133 km or 82 mi	Sharjah	$1503
135 km or 84 mi	Ajman	$2084
143 km or 89 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
152 km or 94 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
192 km or 119 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
221 km or 138 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
231 km or 143 mi	Nizwa	$786
253 km or 157 mi	Seeb	$994
297 km or 184 mi	Muscat	$1110
337 km or 209 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
442 km or 275 mi	Doha	$1810
458 km or 284 mi	Al Khor	$1719
507 km or 315 mi	Chabahar	$687
525 km or 326 mi	Jahrom	$561
535 km or 333 mi	Jiroft	$547
564 km or 351 mi	Riffa	$1218
565 km or 351 mi	Manama	$1267
566 km or 352 mi	Fasa	$556
567 km or 352 mi	Isa Town	$1226
583 km or 362 mi	Sirjan	$520
596 km or 371 mi	Iranshahr	$639
604 km or 375 mi	Bam	$531
607 km or 377 mi	Dhahran	$870
619 km or 385 mi	Dammam	$989
629 km or 391 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
649 km or 404 mi	Qatif	$878
679 km or 422 mi	Shiraz	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Jubail	$928
688 km or 428 mi	Kerman	$467
689 km or 428 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Marvdasht	$546
720 km or 447 mi	Bushehr	$548
720 km or 447 mi	Borazjan	$541
726 km or 451 mi	Kazerun	$537
776 km or 482 mi	Zahedan	$831
818 km or 508 mi	Salalah	$806
827 km or 514 mi	Yasuj	$489
866 km or 538 mi	Yazd	$577

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736