Port Louis vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$394	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$846
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	82
😀 Quality of life	62	67
🏙️ Population	149K	5.38M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 6% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 6351st and 6204th ($826 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Mauritius and Russia, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 4805th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Saint Petersburg

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	Port Louis	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$6847

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736

Cities near Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525