Port Louis vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$360	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$444
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	27	40
😀 Quality of life	62	48
🏙️ Population	149K	5.94M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 5% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 6387th and 6559th ($812 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and India, respectively. Check Mauritius vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 4802nd and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Surat

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	Port Louis	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$271
🔌 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	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340