Paris vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Paris	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2480	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5726	$1975
🏠 One person rent	$1432	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$2535	$577
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$303
🚐 Transport expenses	$274	$63.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3974	$634
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	99	28
😀 Quality of life	96	65
🏙️ Population	2.11M	149K

The cost of living in Paris is 205% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 916th and 6712th ($2480 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in France and Mauritius, respectively. Check France vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Paris compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 14th and 5184th 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	$17	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$37.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$6.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.61	$3.4
☕ Cappuccino	$5.23	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.54	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1595	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1144	$248
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$745
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$444
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$30.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$45.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$27.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.31%	6.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14879	$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9948	$1104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$104	$28.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.99	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$2.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$2.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$9.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.7	$6.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$6.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.61	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.41	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$27.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$911	$173
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17184	$5625

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$749
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$815
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$819
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$807
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$796
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1600
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1624
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$481
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$460
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1237
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1646
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1233
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1181
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1521
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$505
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$495
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$950
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$588