Port Louis vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$394	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$406
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	35
😀 Quality of life	62	19
🏙️ Population	149K	2.96M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 50% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6351st and 8269th ($826 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and Yemen, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 4805th and 8890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Sanaa

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	Port Louis	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$2963

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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 Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810