Lima vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lima	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$977	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2440	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$407	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$726	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$278	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$498	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	78	60
😀 Quality of life	65	87
🏙️ Population	9.94M	246K

The cost of living in Lima is 46% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5647th and 2336th ($977 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Lima ranked 1st best city to live in Peru vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 4234th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lima vs Louisville

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	Lima	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.73	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.33	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$305	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$943	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$577	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.6	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1476	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1418	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.7	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.94	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.11	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.08	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.9	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7764	$13378

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Cities near Lima

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Callao	$790
64 km or 40 mi	Huaral	$727
122 km or 76 mi	Huacho	$685
198 km or 123 mi	Huancayo	$562
205 km or 128 mi	Pisco	$614
251 km or 156 mi	Huanuco	$622
265 km or 165 mi	Ica	$656
285 km or 177 mi	Huaraz	$561
329 km or 204 mi	Ayacucho	$598
372 km or 231 mi	Chimbote	$504
483 km or 300 mi	Abancay	$591
489 km or 304 mi	Trujillo	$714
490 km or 304 mi	Pucallpa	$489
567 km or 352 mi	Cajamarca	$549
572 km or 355 mi	Cusco	$626
623 km or 387 mi	Tarapoto	$562
655 km or 407 mi	Chachapoyas	$549
663 km or 412 mi	Chiclayo	$598
685 km or 426 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580
732 km or 455 mi	Jaen	$548
765 km or 475 mi	Arequipa	$588
838 km or 521 mi	Juliaca	$547
855 km or 531 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
858 km or 533 mi	Piura	$565
866 km or 538 mi	Puno	$520
891 km or 554 mi	Sullana	$505
896 km or 557 mi	Paita	$518
927 km or 576 mi	Loja	$600
952 km or 591 mi	Talara	$513
987 km or 614 mi	Mancora	$505
988 km or 614 mi	Tacna	$414
1014 km or 630 mi	Iquitos	$694
1014 km or 630 mi	Arica	$748
1015 km or 631 mi	Tumbes	$463
1029 km or 639 mi	Machala	$569
1032 km or 642 mi	Rio Branco	$735
1041 km or 647 mi	Cuenca	$758
1073 km or 666 mi	El Alto	$673
1077 km or 669 mi	La Paz	$688
1138 km or 707 mi	Milagro	$697

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974