Lima vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lima	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$986	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2437	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$443	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$776	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$444	$4686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	77	78
😀 Quality of life	64	88
🏙️ Population	9.94M	689K

The cost of living in Lima is 63% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5792nd and 514th ($986 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 455th 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 Nashville. Lima ranked 1st best city to live in Peru vs Nashville ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 4404th and 226th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lima vs Nashville

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	Lima	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.48	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.8	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.98	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$527	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$948	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$625	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.4	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.59%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1773	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1434	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.67	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.8	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.85	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.3	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.02	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.84	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.9	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$234	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8320	$20657

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542