Port Louis vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Louis	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1946	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$337	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$684	$4188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	99
😀 Quality of life	66	100
🏙️ Population	149K	5.45M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 72% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6757th and 370th ($802 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Mauritius and Australia, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Port Louis compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4962nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Sydney

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	Port Louis	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.91	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.57	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1585	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1067	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.2	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.12	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$148	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6482	$25164

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863