Port Louis vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$360	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	92
😀 Quality of life	62	86
🏙️ Population	149K	2.75M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 53% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 6387th and 2624th ($812 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Mauritius and Italy, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 4802nd and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Rome

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	Port Louis	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201