Port Louis vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Louis	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1975	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$347	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.2	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$634	$4145
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	28	99
😀 Quality of life	65	98
🏙️ Population	149K	5.45M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 71% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6712th and 348th ($812 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Mauritius and Australia, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 5184th 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	$5.64	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.1	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.4	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$745	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.6	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1366	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.42	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.42	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.22	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.69	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.39	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$173	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5625	$21946

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$749
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$815
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$819
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$807
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$796
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1600
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1624
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$481
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$460
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1237
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1646
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1233
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1181
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1521
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$505
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$495
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$950
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$588

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864