Amman vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$386	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	64	27
😀 Quality of life	68	62
🏙️ Population	4.01M	149K

The cost of living in Amman is 22% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5535th and 6387th ($994 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Mauritius, respectively. Check Jordan vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Amman compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 3048th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Port Louis

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	Amman	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.09	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$3884

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1931
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552