Port Louis vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$360	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	95
😀 Quality of life	62	65
🏙️ Population	149K	11.5M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 17% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6387th and 5654th ($812 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and Brazil, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 4802nd and 4281st 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	$5.37	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$14254

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611