Port Louis vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2023
🏠 One person rent	$394	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$91.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$764
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	20
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	149K	6.44M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 15% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6351st and 6841st ($826 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 76th 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 1.1 months in Shangrao. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shangrao ranked 224th in China, while ranked 4805th and 6892nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Port Louis vs Shangrao infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/port-louis/shangrao.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Port Louis vs Shangrao infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/port-louis/shangrao" target="_blank">Port Louis vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Port Louis vs Shangrao

Prices for goods and services in Port Louis and Shangrao are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Port Louis	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$3.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$25.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.15
🥤 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	$334
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$48.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	4.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$5346
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$2656
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$5.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$18.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$38.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$5.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$483
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$19047

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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	$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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$634
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$643
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$636
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$633
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$666
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$694
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$731
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$719
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$673
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$708
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$670
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$642
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$683
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$703
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$776
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$719
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$705
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$636
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$646
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$771
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$843
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$706
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$658
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$698
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$590
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$742
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$702
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$903
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$628
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$712
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$706
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$676
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$714
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$661
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$611
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$694