Port Louis vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Louis	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1946	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$337	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$297
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$684	$147
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	28	69
😀 Quality of life	66	51
🏙️ Population	149K	2.1M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 80% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 6757th and 8874th ($802 vs $446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Mauritius and Pakistan, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Port Louis compared to 0.3 months in Rawalpindi. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Rawalpindi ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 4962nd and 6631st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Rawalpindi

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	Port Louis	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.91	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.57	$5.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$178
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$73.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	22.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1585	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1067	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$3.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$6.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.2	$11.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.12	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$148	$43.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6482	$806

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$747
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$819
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$871
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$810
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$820
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1584
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1615
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$511
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$493
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1196
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1637
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1196
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1167
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$933
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$691
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$952
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$456
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$452
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$495
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$494
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$489
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$586

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$496
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$371
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$280
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$373
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$253
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$373
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$335
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$394
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$321
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$391
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$382
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$313
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$286
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$309
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$393
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$359
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$450
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$381
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$306
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$379
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$339
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$397
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$371
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$438
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$340
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$346
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$456
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$504
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$401
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$350
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$391
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$440
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$447
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$252