Flic en Flac
- Population
- β
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,115 a month in Flic en Flac, rent included: 81% less than in New York. The average net salary is $689 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 5 of them have data for Flic en Flac; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%45
- Safetycountry20%50
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%48
- Connectivitycountry10%32
- Cost10%66
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
- #12
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,109
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 | Flic en Flac | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $5.78 | $25.00 | β77% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $52.55 | $140 | β62% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $7.36 | $14.00 | β47% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.63 | $8.00 | β67% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.19 | $10.00 | β58% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.60 | $6.37 | β59% |
| 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) | $1.37 | $1.36 | +1% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.75 | $4.68 | β84% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.12 | $6.97 | β84% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.88 | $5.73 | β67% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $5.26 | $17.38 | β70% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.31 | $15.11 | β58% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $11.21 | $17.77 | β37% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.89 | $6.11 | β69% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.63 | $2.20 | +20% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.41 | $5.77 | β76% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.94 | $6.25 | β53% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.97 | $3.47 | β72% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.97 | $4.17 | β77% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.71 | $2.72 | β74% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.87 | $2.50 | β65% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.41 | $20.00 | β58% |
| 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) | $6.41 | $19.00 | β66% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.63 | $3.00 | β79% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | β | $140 | β |
| 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) | $1.35 | $1.10 | +23% |
| 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) | $54.87 | $126 | β56% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $5.26 | $23.00 | β77% |
| 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) | $77.08 | $72.80 | +6% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $73.58 | $53.22 | +38% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $119 | $118 | +1% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $77.08 | $125 | β38% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $566 | $4,417 | β87% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $493 | $3,033 | β84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $996 | $9,242 | β89% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $958 | $5,461 | β82% |
| 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 | $689 | $5,178 | β87% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 6.00% | 6.49% | β0.5 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 | $566 | $689 |
| May 2026 | β | β | β |
| Mar 2026 | β | $571 | $453 |
| Feb 2026 | β | $581 | $459 |
| Jan 2026 | β | $581 | $460 |
| Dec 2025 | β | $582 | $461 |
| Aug 2025 | β | $582 | $457 |
| May 2025 | β | $537 | $448 |
| Apr 2025 | β | $502 | $452 |
| Mar 2025 | β | $493 | $437 |
| Feb 2025 | β | $475 | $417 |
| Jan 2025 | β | $479 | $423 |
| Dec 2024 | β | $475 | $418 |
| Nov 2024 | β | $482 | $425 |
| Oct 2024 | β | $488 | $434 |
| Sep 2024 | β | $439 | $441 |
| Aug 2024 | β | $431 | $432 |
| Jul 2024 | β | $428 | $430 |
| Jun 2024 | β | $433 | $433 |
| May 2024 | β | $430 | $429 |
| Mar 2024 | β | $431 | $431 |
| Feb 2024 | β | $436 | $433 |
| Jan 2024 | β | $446 | $226 |
| Dec 2023 | β | $474 | $282 |
| Nov 2023 | β | $469 | $282 |
| Oct 2023 | β | $469 | $281 |
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 Flic en Flac yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Flic en Flac. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Flic en Flac 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 Flic en Flac yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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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 Flic en Flac.
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 Flic en Flac yet.
Cities like Flic en Flac
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
- 12Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 91%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026