Port Louis vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Louis	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$802	$938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1946	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$337	$272
🏘️ Family rent	$552	$460
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$63	$94.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$684	$1386
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	28	73
😀 Quality of life	66	72
🏙️ Population	149K	1.85M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 15% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 6757th and 6014th ($802 vs $938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th in Mauritius and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Port Louis compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 4962nd and 2806th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Tainan

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	Port Louis	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.91	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.8	$25.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.57	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$273
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$422	$319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$54.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.4	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	2.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1585	$3086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1067	$3103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$3.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.38	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.33	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.47	$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.1	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.2	$37.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.12	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$65
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.65	$9.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.2	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$148	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6482	$5481

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Cities near Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$747
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$819
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$871
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$810
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$820
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1584
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1615
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$511
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$493
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1196
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1637
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1196
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1167
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$933
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$691
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$952
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$456
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$452
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$495
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$494
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$489
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$965
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$586

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$971
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$904
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$884
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$844
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$868
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$874
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$942
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$687
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$921
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$889
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$989
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$892
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$792
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1123
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1248
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$648
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$729
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$979
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$673
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$702
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$679
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$612
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$474
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$473
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$705
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$600
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$672
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1039
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$682
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$640
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$689
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$954
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$717
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1042
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$774
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$777
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$638
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$686