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Mauritius vs. Romania Cost of Living Summary

Mauritius is 3.9% more expensive than Romania overall.

Restaurants: pay 42.3% less in Mauritius
Groceries: pay 2.5% more in Mauritius
Transportation: pay 92.7% more in Mauritius
Housing: pay 48.8% more in Mauritius
Childcare: pay 58.3% less in Mauritius
Entertainment and Sports: pay 7.5% less in Mauritius
Clothing: pay 8.8% less in Mauritius

The cost of transportation, housing, and groceries in Mauritius are more expensive than in Romania. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Mauritius. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Mauritius.

Mauritius vs. Romania Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mauritius instead of Romania, you would:

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pay 42.3% less for restaurants

	Romania	Mauritius
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.04 RON43.55	$6.44 MUR297.31	-35.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.48 RON32.42	$6.32 MUR291.61	-15.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.94 RON8.41	$0.93 MUR42.99	-52.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.61 RON7.00	$0.55 MUR25.54	-65.7%
Average			-42.3%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5% more for groceries

	Romania	Mauritius
Bread 1 loaf	$1.18 RON5.12	$0.67 MUR31.07	-43.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.01 RON17.40	$4.36 MUR201.41	+8.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.61 RON24.32	$5.29 MUR244.21	-5.7%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.05 RON13.20	$2.18 MUR100.81	-28.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.90 RON12.58	$2.25 MUR103.81	-22.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.51 RON2.20	$0.85 MUR39.18	+67.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.02	$0.77 MUR35.71	+11.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.70 RON3.05	$0.67 MUR30.83	-4.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.93 RON4.03	$1.13 MUR51.96	+21.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.39 RON1.70	$0.46 MUR21.14	+16.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.42 RON1.80	$0.45 MUR20.63	+7.7%
Average			+2.5%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of groceries

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pay 92.7% more for transportation

	Romania	Mauritius
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.02 RON26.11	$5.34 MUR246.62	-11.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.52 RON101.96	$33.03 MUR1,524.34	+40.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,339.27 RON118,526.69	$30,846.82 MUR1,423,580.79	+12.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.08 RON30.69	$30.37 MUR1,401.57	+329.0%
Average			+92.7%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of transportation

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pay 48.8% more for housing

	Romania	Mauritius
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$9.24 RON40.06	$30.93 MUR1,427.38	+234.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$390.19 RON1,691.64	$450.11 MUR20,772.53	+15.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$289.13 RON1,253.48	$327.67 MUR15,122.11	+13.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$116.41 RON504.68	$37.19 MUR1,716.35	-68.1%
Average			+48.8%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of housing

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pay 58.3% less for childcare

	Romania	Mauritius
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$526.34 RON2,281.88	$143.96 MUR6,643.83	-72.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,853.44 RON34,047.79	$4,397.02 MUR202,922.66	-44.0%
Average			-58.3%

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pay 7.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Romania	Mauritius
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.34 RON10.17	$2.05 MUR94.78	-12.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.50 RON10.85	$2.42 MUR111.53	-3.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.88 RON25.49	$6.10 MUR281.59	+3.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$42.19 RON182.93	$37.41 MUR1,726.70	-11.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.90 RON29.93	$5.93 MUR273.77	-14.1%
Average			-7.5%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 8.8% less for clothing

	Romania	Mauritius
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$66.67 RON289.04	$50.25 MUR2,319.15	-24.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.50 RON166.91	$40.89 MUR1,887.17	+6.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.13 RON338.72	$84.17 MUR3,884.33	+7.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$88.57 RON384.00	$66.89 MUR3,086.82	-24.5%
Average			-8.8%

Romania vs. Mauritius - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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