Port Louis vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$394	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$679
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	24
😀 Quality of life	62	38
🏙️ Population	149K	7.82M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 6% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6351st and 6542nd ($826 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Mauritius and China, respectively. Check Mauritius vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 4805th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Port Louis	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$18304

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736

Cities near Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542