Port Louis vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Port Louis	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$2493
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1975	$5494
🏠 One person rent	$347	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$577	$2320
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$630
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.2	$238
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$634	$3648
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	86
😀 Quality of life	65	95
🏙️ Population	149K	2.79M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 67% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6712th and 897th ($812 vs $2493) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 4th in Mauritius and Canada, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Canada 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 Toronto. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5184th and 29th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Toronto

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	Port Louis	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.64	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.1	$79.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.4	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$4.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$454	$1522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$745	$2479
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$2036
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$94.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.6	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.3	$49.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1366	$9030
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$7052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.1	$113
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.68	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.42	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.42	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.69	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.22	$14.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.69	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$50.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.39	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$75
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.8	$60.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$85.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$173	$1056
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5625	$20314

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2309
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2357
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2520
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2222
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2151
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2360
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2246
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2079
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1605
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2237
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2039
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2046
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2089
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1910
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1897
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1950
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1801
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2073
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2083
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2075
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2087
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1480
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1901
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2136
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1999
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2277
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2182
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2115
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2173
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1992
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2136
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2001
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1870
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2035
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1735
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2027
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2034
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2029