Saint-Denis
- Population
- 155,000
- Coordinates
- 20.88° S, 55.45° E
- Time zone
- Indian/Reunion
- Status
- Capital city
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,825 a month in Saint-Denis, rent included: 69% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,154 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 4 of them have data for Saint-Denis; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%68
- Safety20%No data
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%97
- Air quality10%77
- Connectivity10%No data
- Cost10%41
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 Réunion
- #1
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,987
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 | Saint-Denis | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $13.84 | $25.00 | −45% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $83.66 | $140 | −40% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $15.57 | $14.00 | +11% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.49 | $8.00 | −31% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.34 | $10.00 | −47% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.89 | $6.37 | −39% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.94 | $3.80 | −23% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $3.03 | $2.89 | +5% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.73 | $1.36 | +27% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | — | $4.68 | — |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.00 | $6.97 | −57% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.73 | $5.73 | −17% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $20.77 | $17.38 | +19% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $13.84 | $15.11 | −8% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $34.61 | $17.77 | +95% |
| Apples (1 kg) | — | $6.11 | — |
| Bananas (1 kg) | — | $2.20 | — |
| Oranges (1 kg) | — | $5.77 | — |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $5.77 | $6.25 | −8% |
| Potato (1 kg) | — | $3.47 | — |
| Onion (1 kg) | $4.62 | $4.17 | +11% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $2.31 | $2.72 | −15% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.88 | $2.50 | −25% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.38 | $20.00 | −48% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $3.46 | $3.21 | +8% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.46 | $3.96 | −13% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $11.54 | $19.00 | −39% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.45 | $3.00 | −18% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $43.84 | $140 | −69% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | — | $3.00 | — |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | — | $2.18 | — |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | — | $42.00 | — |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.95 | $1.10 | +77% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | — | $35,458 | — |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | — | $25,309 | — |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $16.78 | $73.50 | −77% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $45.00 | $71.93 | −37% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $36.33 | $126 | −71% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $13.84 | $62.38 | −78% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.54 | $23.00 | −50% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | — | $3,366 | — |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $156 | $72.80 | +114% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | — | $53.22 | — |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $133 | $118 | +13% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $115 | $125 | −8% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $894 | $4,417 | −80% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $625 | $3,033 | −79% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,538 | $9,242 | −83% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,980 | $5,461 | −64% |
| 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 | $2,154 | $5,178 | −58% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | — | 6.49% | — |
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 | — | $894 | $2,154 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| Feb 2026 | — | $830 | $2,212 |
| Dec 2025 | — | $824 | $2,198 |
| Sep 2025 | — | $821 | $2,190 |
| May 2025 | — | $783 | $2,088 |
| Feb 2025 | — | $686 | $1,934 |
| Dec 2024 | — | $689 | $1,942 |
| Aug 2024 | — | $717 | $2,021 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $710 | $2,501 |
| May 2024 | 46.5 | $766 | $2,019 |
| Apr 2024 | 45.8 | $754 | $1,986 |
| Mar 2024 | 46.8 | $771 | $2,032 |
| Feb 2024 | 46.5 | $767 | $2,020 |
| Jan 2024 | 47.4 | $783 | $2,063 |
| Dec 2023 | 47.0 | $776 | $2,044 |
| Nov 2023 | 57.8 | $991 | $2,582 |
| Oct 2023 | 44.4 | $749 | $1,973 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
No crime survey has been published for Saint-Denis yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Saint-Denis. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Saint-Denis on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 21.7 °C
- Warmest monthFebruary
- 24.5 °C
- Coldest monthAugust
- 18.7 °C
- Rain a year
- 793 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 78%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.8 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 2
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 97
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
- 54
- PM2.5
- 11.8µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 770-100
Internet
No internet speed measurements for Saint-Denis or its country.
Housing
No property survey for Saint-Denis yet.
Cities like Saint-Denis
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
- 7Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 69%10 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026