Port Louis vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$360	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$886
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	27	98
😀 Quality of life	62	70
🏙️ Population	149K	12.3M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 24% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 6387th and 7163rd ($812 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 95th in Mauritius and China, respectively. Check Mauritius vs China 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 Wuhan. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 4802nd and 2475th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Wuhan

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	Port Louis	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$8658

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586