Port Louis vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Port Louis	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$829	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1945	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$394	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$647	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$299	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$53	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$665	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	24
😀 Quality of life	65	41
🏙️ Population	149K	7.82M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 12% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6280th and 6604th ($829 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 4589th and 7053rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Port Louis	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.34	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.3	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.55	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$303	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$610	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$562	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.2	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1162	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1141	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.8	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.36	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.61	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.23	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.79	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.2	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.83	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.88	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$62	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.1	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3923	$14498

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$718
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$784
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$770
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$776
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$852
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1417
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1439
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$461
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$428
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$585
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1608
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$587
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1127
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1144
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1165
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$992
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1014
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$327
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$326
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$363
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$332
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$332
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$952
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$762

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543