New York City vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$64.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$645
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	100	27
😀 Quality of life	98	66
🏙️ Population	8.8M	149K

The cost of living in New York City is 406% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 4th and 6542nd ($4203 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in the United States and Mauritius, respectively. Check the United States vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Port Louis ranked 2nd in Mauritius, while ranked 11th and 4910th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Port Louis

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	New York City	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$3.07
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$392
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$504
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$49.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$28.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$1178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$1153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$8.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$6.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$6.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$4881

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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