Maseru vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$219	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	16	27
😀 Quality of life	13	62
🏙️ Population	344K	149K

The cost of living in Maseru is 24% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 7441st and 6387th ($621 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Mauritius, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 9104th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Maseru	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$3884

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

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