Male vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$829
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1945
🏠 One person rent	$835	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$647
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$299
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$665
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	7	27
😀 Quality of life	63	65
🏙️ Population	133K	149K

The cost of living in Male is 55% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 4218th and 6280th ($1284 vs $829) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Maldives and Mauritius, respectively. Check Maldives vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 4858th and 4589th 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	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$455
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$303
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$610
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$29.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$44.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1162
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$1141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$19.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$6.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$6.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$30.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$89.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$3923

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$718
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$784
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$770
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$776
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$852
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1417
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1439
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$461
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$428
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$585
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1608
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$587
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1127
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1144
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1165
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$992
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1014
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$327
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$326
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$363
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$332
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$332
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$762