Moroni vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moroni	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2774	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$734	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1254	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$356	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.6	$64.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$159	$645
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	1	27
😀 Quality of life	14	66
🏙️ Population	74.7K	149K

The cost of living in Moroni is 45% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 4688th and 6542nd ($1207 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Comoros and Mauritius, respectively. Check Comoros vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Moroni compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Port Louis ranked 2nd in Mauritius, while ranked 9206th and 4910th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Port Louis

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	Moroni	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$3.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$673	$392
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1027	$504
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$49.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$28.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1624	$1178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1381	$1153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.48	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$8.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$6.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$6.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.76	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.46	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$415	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14597	$4881

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609