Port Louis vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$360	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	73
😀 Quality of life	62	87
🏙️ Population	149K	1.96M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 33% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 6387th and 4470th ($812 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 39th in Mauritius and Japan, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 4802nd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Sapporo

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	Port Louis	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088