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Medicine Hat vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Medicine Hat is 88.4% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 2.4 times more in Medicine Hat
Groceries: pay 44.7% more in Medicine Hat
Transportation: pay 21.0% more in Medicine Hat
Housing: pay 2.3 times more in Medicine Hat
Childcare: pay 3.1 times more in Medicine Hat
Entertainment and Sports: pay 88.3% more in Medicine Hat
Clothing: pay 15.4% less in Medicine Hat

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

Medicine Hat vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Medicine Hat instead of Lima, you would:

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pay 2.4 times more for restaurants

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.28 PEN14.40	$15.07 CA$20.76	+251.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.14 PEN24.00	$10.05 CA$13.84	+40.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.01 PEN3.38	$2.00 CA$2.76	+99.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.65 PEN2.19	$1.75 CA$2.41	+167.5%
Average			+139.8%

Lima vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of restaurants

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pay 44.7% more for groceries

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Bread 1 loaf	$2.67 PEN8.96	$1.82 CA$2.51	-31.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.52 PEN15.19	$4.07 CA$5.61	-9.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.76 PEN19.35	$5.58 CA$7.70	-3.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.96 PEN9.96	$3.24 CA$4.46	+9.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.63 PEN8.85	$4.94 CA$6.81	+87.6%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.02 PEN3.41	$1.70 CA$2.34	+67.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.51 PEN1.71	$0.59 CA$0.82	+17.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.58 PEN1.94	$1.12 CA$1.54	+94.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.56 PEN1.89	$1.49 CA$2.05	+164.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 PEN1.55	$0.65 CA$0.89	+40.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43 PEN1.46	$0.67 CA$0.93	+55.1%
Average			+44.7%

Lima vs. Medicine Hat - Cost of groceries

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pay 21.0% more for transportation

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.20 PEN17.47	$3.71 CA$5.11	-28.7%
Monthly public transit pass	$22.85 PEN76.80	$50.59 CA$69.71	+121.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,990.85 PEN67,198.40	$24,382.26 CA$33,597.54	+22.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$21.70 PEN72.96	$15.07 CA$20.76	-30.6%
Average			+21.0%

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pay 2.3 times more for housing

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$24.99 PEN83.99	$60.15 CA$82.88	+140.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$661.42 PEN2,223.35	$801.31 CA$1,104.16	+21.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$374.24 PEN1,257.98	$717.59 CA$988.80	+91.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$43.53 PEN146.33	$152.49 CA$210.12	+250.3%
Average			+126.0%

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pay 3.1 times more for childcare

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$192.22 PEN646.14	$841.80 CA$1,159.96	+337.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,215.29 PEN27,615.34	$15,667.38 CA$21,588.86	+90.7%
Average			+214.3%

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pay 88.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.28 PEN7.68	$5.74 CA$7.91	+151.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.61 PEN8.79	$3.72 CA$5.12	+42.1%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.71 PEN19.20	$11.48 CA$15.82	+101.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.13 PEN104.64	$54.78 CA$75.48	+76.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.14 PEN24.00	$12.20 CA$16.81	+70.9%
Average			+88.3%

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pay 15.4% less for clothing

	Lima	Medicine Hat
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$51.07 PEN171.67	$51.67 CA$71.19	+1.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.74 PEN120.13	$26.91 CA$37.08	-24.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$83.99 PEN282.34	$67.45 CA$92.95	-19.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.70 PEN281.36	$68.17 CA$93.94	-18.6%
Average			-15.4%

Lima vs. Medicine Hat - 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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