Port Louis vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2342
🏠 One person rent	$360	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$970
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$84.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$300
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	30
😀 Quality of life	62	43
🏙️ Population	149K	6.87M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 15% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 6387th and 6863rd ($812 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.4 months in Yangon. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Yangon ranked 1st in Myanmar, while ranked 4802nd and 6707th 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	$5.37	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$2.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$1104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$841
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$33.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$1691
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$9.92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$5.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$9.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$1.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$1.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$28.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$2.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$78.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$15505

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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 Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$650
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$778
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$701
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$633
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$660
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$678
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$584
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$576
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$715
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$595
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$710
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$941
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$753
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$661
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$656
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$781
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$752
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$323
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1163
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$543
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$685
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$604
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$351
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$625