Lima vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lima	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1040	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2534	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$453	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$592	$4411
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	79	94
😀 Quality of life	71	78
🏙️ Population	9.94M	467K

The cost of living in Lima is 64% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5274th and 327th ($1040 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 273rd 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 0.6 months in Lima compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Lima ranked 1st best city to live in Peru vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 3631st and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lima vs Long Beach

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	Lima	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.56	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.3	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1809	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.45	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.65	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.66	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.94	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.1	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.4	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$196	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8454	$19997

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Cities near Lima

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Callao	$838
64 km or 40 mi	Huaral	$775
122 km or 76 mi	Huacho	$737
198 km or 123 mi	Huancayo	$604
205 km or 128 mi	Pisco	$676
251 km or 156 mi	Huanuco	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Ica	$732
285 km or 177 mi	Huaraz	$595
329 km or 204 mi	Ayacucho	$654
372 km or 231 mi	Chimbote	$531
483 km or 300 mi	Abancay	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Trujillo	$730
490 km or 304 mi	Pucallpa	$527
567 km or 352 mi	Cajamarca	$589
572 km or 355 mi	Cusco	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Tarapoto	$607
655 km or 407 mi	Chachapoyas	$598
663 km or 412 mi	Chiclayo	$667
685 km or 426 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$613
732 km or 455 mi	Jaen	$609
765 km or 475 mi	Arequipa	$624
838 km or 521 mi	Juliaca	$594
855 km or 531 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$609
858 km or 533 mi	Piura	$648
866 km or 538 mi	Puno	$563
891 km or 554 mi	Sullana	$596
896 km or 557 mi	Paita	$638
927 km or 576 mi	Loja	$601
952 km or 591 mi	Talara	$704
987 km or 614 mi	Mancora	$656
988 km or 614 mi	Tacna	$445
1014 km or 630 mi	Iquitos	$748
1014 km or 630 mi	Arica	$654
1015 km or 631 mi	Tumbes	$582
1029 km or 639 mi	Machala	$587
1032 km or 642 mi	Rio Branco	$763
1041 km or 647 mi	Cuenca	$780
1073 km or 666 mi	El Alto	$675
1077 km or 669 mi	La Paz	$681
1138 km or 707 mi	Milagro	$745

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821