Port Louis vs Zhanjiang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Louis	Zhanjiang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$831	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2032	$2094
🏠 One person rent	$357	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$625	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.4	$87.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$645	$563
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	27	38
😀 Quality of life	66	48
🏙️ Population	149K	6.98M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 5% more expensive than in Zhanjiang. Cities ranked 6542nd and 6706th ($831 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 26th in Mauritius and China, respectively. Check Mauritius vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Port Louis compared to 0.7 months in Zhanjiang. Port Louis ranked 2nd best city to live in Mauritius vs Zhanjiang ranked 170th in China, while ranked 4910th and 6786th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Zhanjiang

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	Port Louis	Zhanjiang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.07	$2.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.29	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.07	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$443
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$273	$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$721	$819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$504	$565
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.8	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$49.2	$52.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.2	$9.88
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1178	$4390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1153	$2662
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$4.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.53	$4.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$1.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$3.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.83	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.32	$5.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.8	$43.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.03	$5.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$32.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$9.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.1	$39.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4881	$16727

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609

Cities near Zhanjiang

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Maoming	$773
94 km or 59 mi	Gaozhou	$780
131 km or 81 mi	Haikou	$677
138 km or 86 mi	Beihai	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Yulin	$726
177 km or 110 mi	Yangjiang	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Qinzhou	$590
222 km or 138 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
226 km or 141 mi	Guigang	$693
255 km or 159 mi	Yunfu	$816
270 km or 168 mi	Kaiping	$827
271 km or 168 mi	Wuzhou	$809
281 km or 175 mi	Nanning	$552
295 km or 183 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
307 km or 191 mi	Laibin	$598
317 km or 197 mi	Jiangmen	$829
324 km or 201 mi	Cam Pha	$551
338 km or 210 mi	Zhongshan	$518
341 km or 212 mi	Sanya	$758
342 km or 212 mi	Chongzuo	$568
343 km or 213 mi	Macau	$1746
345 km or 214 mi	Foshan	$589
346 km or 215 mi	Ha Long	$559
348 km or 216 mi	Zhuhai	$662
362 km or 225 mi	Liuzhou	$574
364 km or 226 mi	Guangzhou	$758
377 km or 234 mi	Hezhou	$766
388 km or 241 mi	Qingyuan	$777
390 km or 243 mi	Haiphong	$562
401 km or 249 mi	Dongguan	$662
405 km or 252 mi	Shenzhen	$878
406 km or 252 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
410 km or 255 mi	Kowloon	$2414
423 km or 263 mi	Hai Duong	$558
430 km or 267 mi	Thai Binh	$556
447 km or 278 mi	Lianzhou	$765
449 km or 279 mi	Nam Dinh	$570
451 km or 280 mi	Bac Ninh	$558
453 km or 281 mi	Guilin	$546
455 km or 283 mi	Hechi	$574