Albion
- Population
- β
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $990 a month in Albion, rent included: 83% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 4 of them have data for Albion; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%48
- Connectivitycountry10%32
- Cost10%71
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Mauritius
- #10
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #957
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Albion | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $5.78 | $25.00 | β77% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $37.84 | $140 | β73% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $6.31 | $14.00 | β55% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $1.97 | $8.00 | β75% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.64 | $10.00 | β74% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $1.53 | $6.37 | β76% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.14 | $3.80 | β70% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.63 | $2.89 | β78% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.44 | $1.36 | +6% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.53 | $4.68 | β89% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.12 | $6.97 | β84% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.37 | $5.73 | β59% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $5.26 | $17.38 | β70% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.13 | $15.11 | β66% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $7.97 | $17.77 | β55% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.57 | $6.11 | β74% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.34 | $2.20 | β39% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.41 | $5.77 | β76% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.89 | $6.25 | β70% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.84 | $3.47 | β76% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.63 | $4.17 | β85% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.63 | $2.72 | β77% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.32 | $2.50 | β87% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $7.99 | $20.00 | β60% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.65 | $3.21 | β49% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.31 | $3.96 | β42% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.89 | $19.00 | β69% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.05 | $3.00 | β65% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $42.04 | $140 | β70% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $4.20 | $3.00 | +40% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $3.15 | $2.18 | +44% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $21.02 | $42.00 | β50% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.29 | $1.10 | +17% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $36,262 | $35,458 | +2% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $30,832 | $25,309 | +22% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $10.51 | $73.50 | β86% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $28.90 | $71.93 | β60% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $67.27 | $126 | β47% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.31 | $23.00 | β73% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $126 | $3,366 | β96% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,626 | $60,589 | β87% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $52.55 | $72.80 | β28% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $42.04 | $53.22 | β21% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $73.58 | $118 | β38% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $77.08 | $125 | β38% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | β | $4,417 | β |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | β | $3,033 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | β | $9,242 | β |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,051 | $5,461 | β81% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | β | $18,759 | β |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | β | $5,178 | β |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.67% | 6.49% | +0.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | β | β |
| Feb 2026 | β | β | β |
| May 2025 | 27.8 | β | β |
| Apr 2025 | 28.3 | β | β |
| Mar 2025 | 27.8 | β | β |
| Feb 2025 | 27.6 | β | β |
| Jan 2025 | β | β | β |
| Dec 2024 | 27.4 | β | β |
| Nov 2024 | 27.7 | β | β |
| Oct 2024 | 26.6 | β | β |
| Sep 2024 | 26.6 | β | β |
| Aug 2024 | 26.8 | β | β |
| Jul 2024 | 26.6 | β | β |
| Jun 2024 | 27.1 | β | β |
| May 2024 | β | β | β |
| Feb 2024 | 38.9 | β | β |
| Jan 2024 | 39.3 | β | β |
| Dec 2023 | 39.2 | β | β |
| Nov 2023 | 39.0 | β | β |
| Oct 2023 | 38.4 | β | β |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Mauritius's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Albion yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Albion. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Albion on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Albion yet.
- Annual mean
- β
- Warmest month
- β
- Coldest month
- β
- Rain a year
- β
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- β
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- β
- Clear-sky daysA year
- β
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
- β
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Albion.
Internet
Mauritius median; city not listed- Upload
- 20Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 4ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- βMbps
- Mobile latency
- βms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Albion yet.
Cities like Albion
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 6Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 86%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026