Port Louis vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Port Louis	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$812	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$360	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$637	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$57	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$508	$1050
😷 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 7% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6387th and 6171st ($812 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Mauritius and Taiwan, respectively. Check Mauritius vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Port Louis compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Port Louis ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritius vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 4802nd and 418th 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	$5.37	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.1	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.61	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$272	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$609	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$542	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.4	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.3	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1157	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1131	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.62	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.96	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.6	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.38	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.11	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.75	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.51	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.6	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.54	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$152	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3884	$18619

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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

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443