Port Louis vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$360	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	72
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	149K	7.01M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 50% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6387th and 2911th ($812 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4802nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Riyadh

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	Port Louis	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$10598

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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

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529