Moscow vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$612	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$522
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	96	27
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	13M	149K

The cost of living in Moscow is 30% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5091st and 6351st ($1075 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Mauritius, respectively. Check Russia vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 1280th and 4805th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Port Louis

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	Moscow	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$3888

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736