Kaohsiung vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$361	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	80	27
😀 Quality of life	83	62
🏙️ Population	2.73M	149K

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 18% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5750th and 6387th ($956 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Mauritius, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 417th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Port Louis

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	Kaohsiung	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$3884

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

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