Port Louis vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$4399
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	62	99
🏙️ Population	149K	4.84M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 71% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6351st and 312th ($826 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and Australia, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4805th and 4th 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	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754