Port Louis vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$360	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	78
😀 Quality of life	62	66
🏙️ Population	149K	12.6M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 59% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6387th and 8544th ($812 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 4802nd and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Zhengzhou

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	Port Louis	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591