Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
- Population
- 111,000
- Coordinates
- 20.23° S, 57.47° E
- Time zone
- Indian/Mauritius
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $945 a month in Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, rent included: 84% less than in New York. The average net salary is $780 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Beau Bassin-Rose Hill; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%54
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%87
- Air quality10%78
- Connectivitycountry10%32
- Cost10%74
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
- #3
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #888
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 | Beau Bassin-Rose Hill | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $4.26 | $25.00 | −83% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $34.04 | $140 | −76% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $5.85 | $14.00 | −58% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.66 | $8.00 | −67% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.79 | $10.00 | −52% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.13 | $6.37 | −67% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.06 | $3.80 | −72% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.58 | $2.89 | −80% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.58 | $1.36 | +16% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.76 | $4.68 | −84% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.13 | $6.97 | −84% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.17 | $5.73 | −62% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $13.83 | $17.38 | −20% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.43 | $15.11 | −64% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $17.73 | $17.77 | 0% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.20 | $6.11 | −64% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.20 | $2.20 | 0% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.42 | $5.77 | −75% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.76 | $6.25 | −56% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.98 | $3.47 | −72% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.98 | $4.17 | −76% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.72 | $2.72 | −74% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.82 | $2.50 | −67% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.52 | $20.00 | −57% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.30 | $3.21 | −60% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.13 | $3.96 | −46% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $6.39 | $19.00 | −66% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.96 | $3.00 | −68% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $4.26 | $3.00 | +42% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.45 | $2.18 | +12% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $21.28 | $42.00 | −49% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.37 | $1.10 | +24% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $32,979 | $35,458 | −7% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $31,206 | $25,309 | +23% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $10.64 | $73.50 | −86% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $29.26 | $71.93 | −59% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $28.73 | $126 | −77% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.39 | $23.00 | −72% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $170 | $3,366 | −95% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $7,719 | $60,589 | −87% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $31.92 | $72.80 | −56% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $23.41 | $53.22 | −56% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $67.38 | $118 | −43% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $46.10 | $125 | −63% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $475 | $4,417 | −89% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $397 | $3,033 | −87% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $709 | $9,242 | −92% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $603 | $5,461 | −89% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $780 | $5,178 | −85% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 5.25% | 6.49% | −1.2 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 | — | $475 | $780 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $476 | $781 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | — | $477 | $782 |
| Apr 2026 | — | $479 | $786 |
| Mar 2026 | 29.0 | $480 | $787 |
| Feb 2026 | 29.3 | $484 | $795 |
| Jan 2026 | 30.5 | $495 | $812 |
| Dec 2025 | 29.5 | $485 | $796 |
| May 2025 | 29.4 | $484 | $794 |
| Apr 2025 | 29.9 | $494 | $811 |
| Mar 2025 | 29.5 | $490 | $804 |
| Feb 2025 | 28.8 | $476 | $782 |
| Jan 2025 | 29.6 | $479 | $786 |
| Dec 2024 | 28.9 | $474 | $779 |
| Nov 2024 | 29.2 | $483 | $794 |
| Oct 2024 | 29.1 | $484 | $795 |
| Sep 2024 | 29.1 | $484 | $794 |
| Aug 2024 | 28.9 | $479 | $786 |
| Jul 2024 | 28.7 | $476 | $568 |
| Jun 2024 | 29.1 | $483 | $577 |
| May 2024 | 26.1 | $483 | $577 |
| Apr 2024 | 26.2 | $482 | $575 |
| Feb 2024 | 26.7 | $494 | $590 |
| Jan 2024 | 28.0 | $506 | $604 |
| Dec 2023 | 27.3 | $358 | $555 |
| Nov 2023 | 24.7 | $339 | $508 |
| Oct 2023 | 24.5 | $337 | $506 |
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 Beau Bassin-Rose Hill yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Beau Bassin-Rose Hill. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Beau Bassin-Rose Hill on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 25.2 °C
- Warmest monthFebruary
- 27.6 °C
- Coldest monthAugust
- 22.8 °C
- Rain a year
- 676 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 76%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.6 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 2
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 87
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 52
- PM2.5
- 9.7µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 780-100
Internet
Mauritius median; city not listed- Upload
- 20Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 4ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- —Mbps
- Mobile latency
- —ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Beau Bassin-Rose Hill yet.
Cities like Beau Bassin-Rose Hill
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 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 8 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 91%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026