Moscow vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moscow	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1244	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3114	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$730	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$1434	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$100	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1546	$508
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	96	27
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	13.1M	149K

The cost of living in Moscow is 53% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 4359th and 6387th ($1244 vs $812) 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 1187th and 4802nd 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	$9.55	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.26	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.85	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$971	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2192	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1092	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.7	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.08	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.71%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7641	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3605	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.72	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.01	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.7	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.5	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12252	$3884

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592

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