Port Louis vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$919
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$1997
🏠 One person rent	$394	$572
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$235
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	30
😀 Quality of life	62	26
🏙️ Population	149K	6.87M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 10% less expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6351st and 6082nd ($826 vs $919) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritius and Myanmar, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 0.3 months in Yangon. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Yangon ranked 2nd in Myanmar, while ranked 4805th and 8533rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Yangon

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	Port Louis	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$3.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$871
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$431
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$1016
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$1438
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$312
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$9.19
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$8.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$0.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$1.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$3.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$8.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$1.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$484
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$10024

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$783
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$792
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$612
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$690
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$655
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$617
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$593
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$570
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$739
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$613
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$994
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$787
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$588
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$676
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$800
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$773
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1168
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$555
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$703
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$599
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$312
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$626