Port Louis vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$360	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	27	17
😀 Quality of life	62	38
🏙️ Population	149K	9.03M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 40% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6387th and 7893rd ($812 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 4802nd and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Zhoukou

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	Port Louis	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.37	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$14854

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484