Port Louis vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$2575
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$5897
🏠 One person rent	$394	$1551
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$2665
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$626
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$255
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$3590
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	86
😀 Quality of life	62	94
🏙️ Population	149K	2.79M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 68% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6351st and 656th ($826 vs $2575) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Mauritius and Canada, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 4805th and 52nd 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	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$6.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$4.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$1664
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$1358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$2388
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$80.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$124
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$50.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$10232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$8102
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$119
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$3.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$56.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$69.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$99.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$1200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$18156

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2332
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2472
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2618
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2398
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2127
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2266
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2597
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2086
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1635
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2297
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2143
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1975
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2154
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1971
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1885
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1543
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2012
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1762
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$1798
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$1873
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1853
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2267
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1999
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1884
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2018
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2144
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$2095
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2051
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2029
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$1964
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2041
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$2038
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$1986
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$2017
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2009
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2007
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1814
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2074
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2046
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2085