Port Louis vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$394	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$1649
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	62	79
🏙️ Population	149K	17.7M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 14% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6351st and 5948th ($826 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 4805th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Shenzhen

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	Port Louis	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$24117

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618