Port Louis vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$360	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	27	24
😀 Quality of life	62	39
🏙️ Population	149K	6.56M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 37% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 6387th and 7740th ($812 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 4802nd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Shaoyang

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	Port Louis	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$11393

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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	$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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600