Port Louis vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Louis	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$831	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2032	$2682
🏠 One person rent	$357	$496
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$872
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.4	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$701
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	95
😀 Quality of life	66	69
🏙️ Population	149K	11.5M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 21% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6542nd and 5192nd ($831 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Mauritius and Brazil, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Louis compared to 0.7 months in Sao Paulo. Port Louis ranked 2nd best city to live in Mauritius vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 4910th and 4142nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Sao Paulo

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	Port Louis	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.07	$7.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$7.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$380
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$1124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$504	$691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.8	$48.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.2	$75
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.2	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	12.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1178	$2855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1153	$1938
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$7.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.53	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$2.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.83	$6.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.32	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.8	$27.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.03	$7.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$65.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.1	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$92.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$475
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4881	$15428

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$737
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$701
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$697
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$698
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$690
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$712
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$656
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$605
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$691
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$687
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$830
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$671
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$699
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$699
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$665
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$639
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$780
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$671
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$654
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$689
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$702
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$666
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$693
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$664
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$685
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$687
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$657
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$741
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$737
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$618
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$673
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$648
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$816
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$659
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$666