Paris vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$508
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	99	27
😀 Quality of life	95	62
🏙️ Population	2.15M	149K

The cost of living in Paris is 179% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 1222nd and 6387th ($2267 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and Mauritius, respectively. Check France vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 25th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Port Louis

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	Paris	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$3884

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

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