New York City vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	New York City	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4051	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8925	$1942
🏠 One person rent	$2620	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$4454	$656
🍽️ Food expenses	$807	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$399	$53.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5777	$522
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	100	27
😀 Quality of life	97	62
🏙️ Population	8.8M	149K

The cost of living in New York City is 391% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 5th and 6351st ($4051 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st 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 1.4 months in New York City compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 13th and 4805th 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	$24.7	$5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.78	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$6.22	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.16	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2702	$452
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2361	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5005	$661
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3996	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$45
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.3	$31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.73%	6.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$19111	$1168
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3215	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.88	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$138	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.1	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.1	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.36	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.75	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.74	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.1	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.49	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.1	$6.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$10	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.97	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$144	$29.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.8	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$156	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.4	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$87.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1717	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20585	$3888

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108

Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$767
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$804
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$701
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$777
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1441
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1481
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$457
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$403
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1093
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1552
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1091
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1394
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1500
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$1190
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$670
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1000
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$500
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$498
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$591
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$516
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$515
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$736