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Lebanon vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Lebanon is 22.5% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 42.4% more in Lebanon
Groceries: pay 17.7% less in Lebanon
Transportation: pay 50.2% more in Lebanon
Housing: pay 58.1% more in Lebanon
Childcare: pay 10.4% less in Lebanon
Entertainment and Sports: pay 16.7% more in Lebanon
Clothing: pay 18.0% more in Lebanon

The cost of housing, transportation, restaurants, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Lebanon are more expensive than in Lima. Expenses including groceries and childcare are lower in Lebanon.

Lebanon vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 42.4% more for restaurants

	Lima	Lebanon
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.28 PEN14.40	$7.66 LBP686,023	+78.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.14 PEN24.00	$8.00 LBP716,459	+12.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.01 PEN3.38	$1.63 LBP145,779	+62.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 PEN2.19	$0.76 LBP68,287	+16.8%
Average			+42.4%

Lima vs. Lebanon - Cost of restaurants

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pay 17.7% less for groceries

	Lima	Lebanon
Bread 1 loaf	$2.67 PEN8.96	$0.60 LBP53,845	-77.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.52 PEN15.19	$3.95 LBP353,565	-12.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.76 PEN19.35	$5.56 LBP497,956	-3.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.96 PEN9.96	$2.33 LBP208,892	-21.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.63 PEN8.85	$3.54 LBP317,082	+34.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.02 PEN3.41	$0.68 LBP61,289	-32.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 PEN1.71	$0.46 LBP40,876	-10.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.58 PEN1.94	$0.41 LBP36,459	-29.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 PEN1.89	$0.46 LBP41,590	-17.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 PEN1.55	$0.33 LBP29,468	-28.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 PEN1.46	$0.45 LBP40,236	+3.5%
Average			-17.7%

Lima vs. Lebanon - Cost of groceries

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pay 50.2% more for transportation

	Lima	Lebanon
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.20 PEN17.47	$3.44 LBP307,798	-33.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$22.85 PEN76.80	$72.50 LBP6,492,907	+217.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,990.85 PEN67,196.30	$28,750.00 LBP2,574,773,435	+43.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.70 PEN72.96	$16.00 LBP1,432,917	-26.3%
Average			+50.2%

Lima vs. Lebanon - Cost of transportation

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pay 58.1% more for housing

	Lima	Lebanon
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.99 PEN83.99	$37.92 LBP3,396,290	+51.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$661.42 PEN2,223.28	$571.15 LBP51,151,017	-13.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$374.24 PEN1,257.94	$277.78 LBP24,877,038	-25.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$43.53 PEN146.32	$139.38 LBP12,482,089	+220.2%
Average			+58.1%

Lima vs. Lebanon - Cost of housing

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pay 10.4% less for childcare

	Lima	Lebanon
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$192.22 PEN646.12	$248.75 LBP22,277,388	+29.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,215.29 PEN27,614.48	$4,093.75 LBP366,625,348	-50.2%
Average			-10.4%

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pay 16.7% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Lebanon
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.28 PEN7.68	$4.00 LBP358,229	+75.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.61 PEN8.79	$2.89 LBP259,027	+10.6%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.71 PEN19.20	$2.52 LBP226,132	-55.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.13 PEN104.63	$42.92 LBP3,843,502	+37.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.14 PEN24.00	$8.25 LBP738,848	+15.6%
Average			+16.7%

Lima vs. Lebanon - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 18.0% more for clothing

	Lima	Lebanon
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.07 PEN171.67	$53.44 LBP4,785,720	+4.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.74 PEN120.12	$50.00 LBP4,477,867	+39.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$83.99 PEN282.33	$101.94 LBP9,129,873	+21.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.70 PEN281.35	$88.93 LBP7,964,206	+6.2%
Average			+18.0%

Lima vs. Lebanon - 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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