Port Louis vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Louis	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$995
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1946	$2526
🏠 One person rent	$337	$552
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$975
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$87.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$684	$938
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	28	95
😀 Quality of life	66	76
🏙️ Population	149K	17.5M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 19% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 6757th and 5618th ($802 vs $995) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 10th in Mauritius and China, respectively. Check Mauritius vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Port Louis compared to 0.9 months in Shenzhen. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shenzhen ranked 4th in China, while ranked 4962nd and 1163rd 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	$5.91	$3.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$29.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.57	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$701
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$54.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$11.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	3.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1585	$13122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1067	$6054
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$22.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$4.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$4.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$5.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.2	$48.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.12	$7.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$34.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$39.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$148	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6482	$21140

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$747
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$819
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$871
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$810
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$820
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1584
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1615
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$511
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$493
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1196
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1637
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1196
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1167
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$933
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$691
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$952
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$456
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$452
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$495
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$494
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$489
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$586

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2396
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2663
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$678
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$694
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1734
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$548
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$638
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$873
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$785
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$627
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$954
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$858
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$777
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$801
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$908
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$793
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$473
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$612
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$682
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$474
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$828
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$766
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$778
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$802
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$797
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$758
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$739
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$751
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$824
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$705
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$714
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$729
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$711
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$892
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$528
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$648