Port Louis vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$797
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2203
🏠 One person rent	$394	$351
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$774
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$48.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$266
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	62	60
🏙️ Population	149K	8.69M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 4% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 6351st and 6443rd ($826 vs $797) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Mauritius and Iran, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 4805th and 5234th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Tehran

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	Port Louis	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$5.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$447
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1007
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$10
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$15.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$6.91
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	24.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$2380
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$1515
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$2.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$0.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$2.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$1.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$120
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$33.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$35.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$135
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$1838

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$720
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$706
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$693
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$708
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$689
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$675
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$696
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$690
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$699
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$701
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$741
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$697
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$673
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$693
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$659
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$550
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$615
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$542
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$472
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$627
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$468
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$670
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$607
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$575
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$578
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$462
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$559
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$453
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$470
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$474
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$689
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$513
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$518
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$603
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564