Nairobi vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Nairobi	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$745	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2030	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$269	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$619	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$522
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	67	27
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	5.55M	149K

The cost of living in Nairobi is 10% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 6689th and 6351st ($745 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kenya and Mauritius, respectively. Check Kenya vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Nairobi compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Nairobi ranked 1st best city to live in Kenya vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 5632nd and 4805th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nairobi vs Port Louis

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	Nairobi	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.67	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$366	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1021	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$420	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.1	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.58%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1536	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1125	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.5	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.48	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.43	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.45	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.93	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.2	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.9	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.09	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.2	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.6	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8325	$3888

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Cities near Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768

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