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Papua New Guinea vs. Lima Cost of Living Summary

Papua New Guinea is 85.5% more expensive than Lima.

Restaurants: pay 57.5% more in Papua New Guinea
Groceries: pay 2.1 times more in Papua New Guinea
Transportation: pay 7.3% less in Papua New Guinea
Housing: pay 4.8 times more in Papua New Guinea
Childcare: pay 44.4% more in Papua New Guinea
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.0% more in Papua New Guinea
Clothing: pay 0.3% less in Papua New Guinea

The cost of housing, groceries, restaurants, childcare, and entertainment and sports in Papua New Guinea are more expensive than in Lima. Expenses including transportation and clothing are lower in Papua New Guinea. Notably, housing and groceries are significantly more expensive in Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea vs. Lima Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Papua New Guinea instead of Lima, you would:

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pay 57.5% more for restaurants

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.23 PEN19.46	$12.38 PGK51.18	+136.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.10 PEN22.70	$7.43 PGK30.71	+21.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.83 PEN3.08	$0.80 PGK3.29	-3.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.51 PEN1.90	$0.89 PGK3.68	+75.2%
Average			+57.5%

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pay 2.1 times more for groceries

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Bread 1 loaf	$2.42 PEN9.03	$1.49 PGK6.14	-38.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.22 PEN15.72	$2.20 PGK9.08	-47.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.95 PEN18.44	$7.01 PGK28.99	+41.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.70 PEN10.07	$3.68 PGK15.23	+36.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.25 PEN8.37	$3.28 PGK13.54	+45.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.87 PEN3.26	$1.56 PGK6.43	+77.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.50 PEN1.88	$1.19 PGK4.94	+137.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.48 PEN1.79	$1.74 PGK7.21	+262.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.52 PEN1.95	$2.02 PGK8.36	+286.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.53 PEN1.99	$1.57 PGK6.50	+194.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.48 PEN1.77	$1.37 PGK5.65	+186.9%
Average			+107.5%

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pay 7.3% less for transportation

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.39 PEN20.06	$4.29 PGK17.73	-20.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$23.85 PEN88.84	$16.69 PGK68.98	-30.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$23,163.52 PEN86,270.15	$25,877.21 PGK106,956.57	+11.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$20.14 PEN75.02	$22.04 PGK91.09	+9.4%
Average			-7.3%

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pay 4.8 times more for housing

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$26.56 PEN98.93	$309.54 PGK1,279.38	+1065.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$575.58 PEN2,143.69	$2,346.03 PGK9,696.71	+307.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$363.71 PEN1,354.58	$609.17 PGK2,517.83	+67.5%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$44.01 PEN163.90	$78.11 PGK322.86	+77.5%
Average			+379.5%

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pay 44.4% more for childcare

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$213.68 PEN795.83	$494.23 PGK2,042.75	+131.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$7,818.35 PEN29,118.64	$4,498.59 PGK18,593.73	-42.5%
Average			+44.4%

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pay 17.0% more for entertainment and sports

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.12 PEN7.90	$2.48 PGK10.24	+16.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.62 PEN9.76	$1.83 PGK7.57	-30.0%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.30 PEN19.74	$7.48 PGK30.91	+41.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.52 PEN113.65	$45.19 PGK186.79	+48.1%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.95 PEN29.61	$8.67 PGK35.82	+9.0%
Average			+17.0%

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pay 0.3% less for clothing

	Lima	Papua New Guinea
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.79 PEN159.37	$39.25 PGK162.23	-8.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$34.98 PEN130.29	$44.57 PGK184.23	+27.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$85.21 PEN317.34	$64.38 PGK266.11	-24.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$94.35 PEN351.40	$98.43 PGK406.84	+4.3%
Average			-0.3%

Lima vs. Papua New Guinea - 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: April 2025

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