Male vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$814	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	7	27
😀 Quality of life	62	62
🏙️ Population	133K	149K

The cost of living in Male is 61% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 4205th and 6387th ($1304 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Mauritius, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 4917th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Port Louis

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	Male	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$3884

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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