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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Lima, a month

£797 to £1,190 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

RentAverage rent for an unfurnished 100 square metre three-bed, Lince up to Barranco (Urbania, April 2026). There is no one-bed figure, so a one-bed costs less. PEN 2,690 to 4,317
£587 to £942
A deskWeWork coworking membership. PEN 634 to 745
£138 to £163
Weekday lunchesMenu, the set weekday lunch at a market stall, PEN 12 to 14 each, 22 working days
£58 to £67
Getting aroundMetro Line 1 at PEN 1.50 a ride, two rides each working day (our arithmetic). A 2023 fare, not rechecked. PEN 66
£14

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What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.