Port Louis vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Louis	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$831	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2032	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.4	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$4008
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	66	100
🏙️ Population	149K	5.45M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 69% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 6542nd and 649th ($831 vs $2640) 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 2nd best city to live in Mauritius vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 4910th and 3rd 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	$6.07	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$504	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.2	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.2	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1178	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1153	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.53	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.83	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.32	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.8	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.03	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.1	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4881	$19140

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710