Port Louis vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$360	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	50
😀 Quality of life	62	48
🏙️ Population	149K	1.57M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 38% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6387th and 7787th ($812 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Mauritius and Iran, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 4802nd and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Shiraz

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	Port Louis	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723