Port Louis vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Louis	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$2415
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1946	$5363
🏠 One person rent	$337	$1430
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$2259
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$606
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$236
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$684	$3517
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	86
😀 Quality of life	66	94
🏙️ Population	149K	2.79M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 67% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6757th and 1059th ($802 vs $2415) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 6th in Mauritius and Canada, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Port Louis compared to 1.5 months in Toronto. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 4962nd and 46th 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	$5.91	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$78.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.57	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$1469
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1255
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$2469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$1987
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$84.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	4.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1585	$8879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1067	$6979
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$2.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$2.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$14.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$3.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.2	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.12	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$73.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$89.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$148	$930
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6482	$22670

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$747
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$819
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$871
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$810
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$820
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1584
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1615
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$511
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$493
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1196
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1637
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1196
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1167
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$933
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$691
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$952
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$456
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$452
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$495
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$494
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$489
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$586

Cities near Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2233
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2308
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2483
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2172
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2102
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2318
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2124
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1581
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1997
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1994
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2006
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1892
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1892
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1958
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$2017
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1848
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2078
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2081
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2084
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2049
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1449
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1832
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2138
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2109
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1936
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2303
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2175
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2123
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2181
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1939
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2125
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1953
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1863
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2030
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1706
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2046
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2035
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2053