Port Louis vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$394	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$222
😷 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 48% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 6351st and 8203rd ($826 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 55th 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 0.4 months in Shiraz. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 4805th and 6304th 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	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$2159

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705