Lima vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Lima	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1034	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2503	$4341
🏠 One person rent	$466	$1070
🏘️ Family rent	$771	$1746
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$632	$4016
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	77	60
😀 Quality of life	71	87
🏙️ Population	9.94M	246K

The cost of living in Lima is 44% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5300th and 2604th ($1034 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1876th 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 102nd in the United States, while ranked 3484th and 326th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Lima	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.53	$14.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$62.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.88	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.86	$5.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$2.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$808
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1102	$1779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$1441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.3	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.2	$58.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.87%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2328	$2712
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1422	$2185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.9	$48.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$3.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.92	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$15.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$4.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.6	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.67	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.46	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.5	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$184	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11057	$16070

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Cities near Lima

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Callao	$820
64 km or 40 mi	Huaral	$771
122 km or 76 mi	Huacho	$730
198 km or 123 mi	Huancayo	$598
205 km or 128 mi	Pisco	$571
251 km or 156 mi	Huanuco	$641
265 km or 165 mi	Ica	$725
285 km or 177 mi	Huaraz	$604
329 km or 204 mi	Ayacucho	$621
372 km or 231 mi	Chimbote	$527
483 km or 300 mi	Abancay	$612
489 km or 304 mi	Trujillo	$811
490 km or 304 mi	Pucallpa	$524
567 km or 352 mi	Cajamarca	$583
572 km or 355 mi	Cusco	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Tarapoto	$626
655 km or 407 mi	Chachapoyas	$611
663 km or 412 mi	Chiclayo	$667
685 km or 426 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$670
732 km or 455 mi	Jaen	$617
765 km or 475 mi	Arequipa	$670
838 km or 521 mi	Juliaca	$589
855 km or 531 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$589
858 km or 533 mi	Piura	$651
866 km or 538 mi	Puno	$558
891 km or 554 mi	Sullana	$593
896 km or 557 mi	Paita	$638
927 km or 576 mi	Loja	$559
952 km or 591 mi	Talara	$705
987 km or 614 mi	Mancora	$660
988 km or 614 mi	Tacna	$459
1014 km or 630 mi	Iquitos	$745
1014 km or 630 mi	Arica	$686
1015 km or 631 mi	Tumbes	$577
1029 km or 639 mi	Machala	$584
1032 km or 642 mi	Rio Branco	$815
1041 km or 647 mi	Cuenca	$829
1073 km or 666 mi	El Alto	$691
1077 km or 669 mi	La Paz	$694
1138 km or 707 mi	Milagro	$731

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035