Lima vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lima	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$986	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2437	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$443	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$776	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$444	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	77	94
😀 Quality of life	64	77
🏙️ Population	9.94M	467K

The cost of living in Lima is 63% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5792nd and 464th ($986 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 406th in Peru and the United States, respectively. Check Peru vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lima compared to 1.8 months in Long Beach. Lima ranked 1st best city to live in Peru vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 4404th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Lima vs Long Beach infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/lima/long-beach.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Lima vs Long Beach infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/lima/long-beach" target="_blank">Lima vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Lima vs Long Beach

Prices for goods and services in Lima and Long Beach are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Lima	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.48	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$625	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.4	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.59%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1773	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1434	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.8	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.3	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.02	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.84	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.9	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$234	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8320	$21877

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Lima

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Callao	$779
64 km or 40 mi	Huaral	$726
122 km or 76 mi	Huacho	$687
198 km or 123 mi	Huancayo	$591
205 km or 128 mi	Pisco	$605
251 km or 156 mi	Huanuco	$612
265 km or 165 mi	Ica	$640
285 km or 177 mi	Huaraz	$553
329 km or 204 mi	Ayacucho	$588
372 km or 231 mi	Chimbote	$496
483 km or 300 mi	Abancay	$597
489 km or 304 mi	Trujillo	$699
490 km or 304 mi	Pucallpa	$548
567 km or 352 mi	Cajamarca	$500
572 km or 355 mi	Cusco	$643
623 km or 387 mi	Tarapoto	$549
655 km or 407 mi	Chachapoyas	$523
663 km or 412 mi	Chiclayo	$515
685 km or 426 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$603
732 km or 455 mi	Jaen	$517
765 km or 475 mi	Arequipa	$560
838 km or 521 mi	Juliaca	$522
855 km or 531 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
858 km or 533 mi	Piura	$564
866 km or 538 mi	Puno	$490
891 km or 554 mi	Sullana	$498
896 km or 557 mi	Paita	$509
927 km or 576 mi	Loja	$617
952 km or 591 mi	Talara	$504
987 km or 614 mi	Mancora	$495
988 km or 614 mi	Tacna	$406
1014 km or 630 mi	Iquitos	$679
1014 km or 630 mi	Arica	$781
1015 km or 631 mi	Tumbes	$454
1029 km or 639 mi	Machala	$594
1032 km or 642 mi	Rio Branco	$780
1041 km or 647 mi	Cuenca	$770
1073 km or 666 mi	El Alto	$641
1077 km or 669 mi	La Paz	$673
1138 km or 707 mi	Milagro	$722

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614