Lima vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lima	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1040	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2534	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$453	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$294	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$592	$3987
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	79	60
😀 Quality of life	71	89
🏙️ Population	9.94M	246K

The cost of living in Lima is 44% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5274th and 2519th ($1040 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1889th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Lima ranked 1st best city to live in Peru vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 3631st and 281st 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	$4.56	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.3	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.09	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$972	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.07%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1901	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1809	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.45	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.65	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.66	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.94	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$196	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8454	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017