Port Louis vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Louis	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$831	$598
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2032	$1652
🏠 One person rent	$357	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$416
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.4	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	24
😀 Quality of life	66	44
🏙️ Population	149K	7.82M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 39% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6542nd and 7835th ($831 vs $598) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 183rd in Mauritius and China, respectively. Check Mauritius vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Louis compared to 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Port Louis ranked 2nd best city to live in Mauritius vs Shangqiu ranked 298th in China, while ranked 4910th and 7180th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Shangqiu

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	Port Louis	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.07	$3.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$5.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$191
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$411
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$504	$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.8	$34.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.2	$54.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.2	$9.87
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1178	$2747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1153	$1738
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$15.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$3.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.53	$3.03
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.83	$4.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.32	$3.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.8	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.03	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.1	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$357
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4881	$17107

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$570
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$807
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$570
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$572
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$478
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$564
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$582
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$563
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$563
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$499
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$582
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$558
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$585
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$595
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$517
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$522
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$553
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$506
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$502
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$527
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$523
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$511
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$518
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$513
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$567
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$580
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$547
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$516
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$509
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$538
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$517