Port Louis vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$360	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$854
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	21
😀 Quality of life	62	40
🏙️ Population	149K	6.71M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 10% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6387th and 6043rd ($812 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 4802nd and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Yancheng

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	Port Louis	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984