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Georgetown vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Georgetown is 90.4% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 56.4% more in Georgetown
Groceries: pay 2.5 times more in Georgetown
Transportation: pay 12.0% more in Georgetown
Housing: pay 56.5% more in Georgetown
Childcare: pay 4.1 times more in Georgetown
Entertainment and Sports: pay 13.7% more in Georgetown
Clothing: pay 41.4% more in Georgetown

The cost of childcare, groceries, housing, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Georgetown are more expensive than in Lima. Notably, childcare and groceries are significantly more expensive in Georgetown.

Georgetown vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 56.4% more for restaurants

	Lima	Georgetown
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.28 PEN14.40	$11.95 GYD2,495.14	+178.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.14 PEN24.00	$9.37 GYD1,956.19	+31.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.01 PEN3.38	$1.18 GYD246.19	+17.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 PEN2.19	$0.64 GYD133.74	-1.9%
Average			+56.4%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of restaurants

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pay 2.5 times more for groceries

	Lima	Georgetown
Bread 1 loaf	$2.67 PEN8.96	$2.09 GYD436.30	-21.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.52 PEN15.19	$6.94 GYD1,448.97	+53.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.76 PEN19.35	$13.04 GYD2,723.90	+126.5%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.96 PEN9.96	$4.55 GYD949.82	+53.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.63 PEN8.85	$3.03 GYD632.48	+15.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.02 PEN3.41	$3.47 GYD723.79	+241.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 PEN1.71	$1.53 GYD320.16	+202.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.58 PEN1.94	$1.66 GYD347.46	+188.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 PEN1.89	$2.74 GYD572.48	+386.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 PEN1.55	$1.09 GYD227.78	+136.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 PEN1.46	$1.46 GYD305.96	+237.5%
Average			+147.2%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of groceries

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pay 12.0% more for transportation

	Lima	Georgetown
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.20 PEN17.47	$3.89 GYD812.28	-25.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$22.85 PEN76.80	$28.67 GYD5,988.34	+25.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,990.85 PEN67,198.40	$22,218.32 GYD4,640,962.76	+11.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.70 PEN72.96	$29.62 GYD6,187.95	+36.5%
Average			+12.0%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of transportation

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pay 56.5% more for housing

	Lima	Georgetown
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.99 PEN83.99	$50.36 GYD10,519.52	+101.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$661.42 PEN2,223.35	$906.97 GYD189,447.48	+37.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$374.24 PEN1,257.98	$410.12 GYD85,666.52	+9.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$43.53 PEN146.33	$77.46 GYD16,180.26	+77.9%
Average			+56.5%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of housing

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pay 4.1 times more for childcare

	Lima	Georgetown
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$192.22 PEN646.14	$1,014.45 GYD211,897.88	+427.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,215.29 PEN27,615.34	$23,232.76 GYD4,852,858.23	+182.8%
Average			+305.3%

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pay 13.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Georgetown
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.28 PEN7.68	$2.03 GYD424.17	-11.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.61 PEN8.79	$5.83 GYD1,217.63	+123.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.71 PEN19.20	$2.68 GYD558.91	-53.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.13 PEN104.64	$38.23 GYD7,984.45	+22.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.14 PEN24.00	$6.21 GYD1,297.47	-13.0%
Average			+13.7%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 41.4% more for clothing

	Lima	Georgetown
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.07 PEN171.67	$50.17 GYD10,479.59	-1.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.74 PEN120.13	$52.56 GYD10,978.62	+47.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$83.99 PEN282.34	$148.12 GYD30,939.75	+76.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.70 PEN281.36	$120.65 GYD25,200.93	+44.1%
Average			+41.4%

Lima vs. Georgetown - Cost of clothing

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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 2025

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