Port Louis vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Port Louis	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$826	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1942	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$394	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$656	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$296	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$53.1	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$522	$1084
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	35 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	27	93
😀 Quality of life	62	83
🏙️ Population	149K	2.33M

The cost of living in Port Louis is 5% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6351st and 6227th ($826 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Mauritius and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Taiwan 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 Taoyuan. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 4805th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Louis vs Taoyuan

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	Port Louis	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.14	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$661	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.1	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.13%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1168	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1154	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.57	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.08	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.77	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.5	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.63	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.74	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.4	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$223	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3888	$13630

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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

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691