Cost of living comparison

 Lima, Peru
compared to
 Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary
Mexico City vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mexico City instead of Lima, you would:

pay 48.6% more for restaurants

 
Lima
Mexico City
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.23
PEN19.58
$9.93
MX$201.81
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$6.10
PEN22.84
$7.45
MX$151.36
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.83
PEN3.10
$1.08
MX$21.94

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pay 36.1% more for groceries

 
Lima
Mexico City
Bread
1 loaf
$2.42
PEN9.08
$2.45
MX$49.84
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.22
PEN15.81
$4.87
MX$98.92
Milk (1 gallon) $4.95
PEN18.55
$5.51
MX$111.94

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pay 35.3% less for transportation

 
Lima
Mexico City
Gasoline (1 gallon) $5.39
PEN20.18
$4.64
MX$94.26
Monthly public transit pass $23.85
PEN89.36
$17.87
MX$363.26
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $23,163.52
PEN86,782.39
$18,615.02
MX$378,391.19

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pay 16.4% more for housing

 
Lima
Mexico City
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$26.56
PEN99.52
$24.38
MX$495.56
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $575.58
PEN2,156.42
$893.52
MX$18,162.78
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $363.71
PEN1,362.63
$544.24
MX$11,062.78

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pay 43.1% more for childcare

 
Lima
Mexico City
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $213.68
PEN800.55
$381.33
MX$7,751.29
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $7,818.35
PEN29,291.54
$8,426.99
MX$171,297.09

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pay 11.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Lima
Mexico City
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.12
PEN7.94
$2.73
MX$55.50
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.62
PEN9.81
$3.01
MX$61.11
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$5.30
PEN19.86
$3.92
MX$79.71

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pay 13.6% more for clothing

 
Lima
Mexico City
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$42.79
PEN160.32
$56.36
MX$1,145.55
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$34.98
PEN131.06
$41.06
MX$834.62
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$85.21
PEN319.23
$91.99
MX$1,869.95

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2024
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