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Alicante vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Alicante is 55.7% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 2.7 times more in Alicante
Groceries: pay 41.6% more in Alicante
Transportation: pay 13.2% more in Alicante
Housing: pay 80.4% more in Alicante
Childcare: pay 66.9% more in Alicante
Entertainment and Sports: pay 10.8% more in Alicante
Clothing: pay 25.1% more in Alicante

The cost of restaurants, housing, childcare, groceries, clothing, and transportation in Alicante are more expensive than in Lima. Notably, restaurants and housing are significantly more expensive in Alicante.

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Alicante vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Alicante instead of Lima, you would:

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pay 2.7 times more for restaurants

	Lima	Alicante
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.36 PEN14.94	$19.60 €17.49	+349.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.94 PEN23.80	$11.20 €9.99	+61.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.09 PEN3.73	$2.09 €1.87	+92.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.63 PEN2.17	$1.33 €1.19	+110.1%
Average			+167.4%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of restaurants

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pay 41.6% more for groceries

	Lima	Alicante
Bread 1 loaf	$2.57 PEN8.83	$1.67 €1.49	-35.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.53 PEN15.55	$8.85 €7.90	+95.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.09 PEN20.88	$4.26 €3.80	-30.1%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.91 PEN9.98	$3.29 €2.94	+13.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.68 PEN9.21	$4.35 €3.88	+61.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.91 PEN3.12	$1.19 €1.06	+30.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.48 PEN1.63	$0.92 €0.82	+93.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.63 PEN2.17	$0.83 €0.74	+31.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.68 PEN2.32	$1.21 €1.08	+78.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.42 PEN1.44	$0.86 €0.76	+104.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.40 PEN1.37	$0.93 €0.83	+132.0%
Average			+41.6%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of groceries

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pay 13.2% more for transportation

	Lima	Alicante
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.39 PEN21.90	$6.80 €6.07	+6.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$26.51 PEN90.92	$26.31 €23.49	-0.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,990.00 PEN75,418.40	$35,271.67 €31,484.13	+60.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$20.18 PEN69.21	$13.83 €12.34	-31.5%
Average			+13.2%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of transportation

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pay 80.4% more for housing

	Lima	Alicante
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$27.55 PEN94.48	$29.89 €26.68	+8.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$734.53 PEN2,519.20	$1,005.77 €897.77	+36.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$337.21 PEN1,156.54	$833.21 €743.74	+147.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$55.42 PEN190.09	$106.98 €95.49	+93.0%
Average			+80.4%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of housing

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pay 66.9% more for childcare

	Lima	Alicante
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$179.06 PEN614.10	$700.40 €625.19	+291.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$13,095.48 PEN44,913.16	$9,325.53 €8,324.14	-28.8%
Average			+66.9%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of childcare

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pay 10.8% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Alicante
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.61 PEN8.96	$3.36 €3.00	+28.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.24 PEN11.11	$2.17 €1.94	-32.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.76 PEN19.77	$6.52 €5.82	+13.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.49 PEN111.42	$41.18 €36.76	+26.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.26 PEN24.90	$9.24 €8.25	+27.3%
Average			+10.8%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 25.1% more for clothing

	Lima	Alicante
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.80 PEN181.08	$84.78 €75.68	+60.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.89 PEN119.67	$35.56 €31.74	+1.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$83.72 PEN287.13	$94.98 €84.78	+13.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$78.93 PEN270.69	$104.28 €93.08	+32.1%
Average			+25.1%

Lima vs. Alicante - Cost of clothing

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