🇵🇪 2 cities in Peru, sorted by daily travel budget. Not the exchange rate — how cheap it feels on your own income, and where a price becomes a rip-off. Updated September 2026
| City | Per day | Per month | Local meal | Coffee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇪 CuscoTourist · mid-size | $103 | $1,592 | S/15 | S/9 |
| 🇵🇪 LimaBig city | $121 | $1,841 | S/18 | S/9 |
Per day = one mid-range night + three meals, a coffee and two taxi rides. Open a city for item-by-item prices, rip-off thresholds and live traveler reports.
With a mid-range room, between $103 and $121 a day depending on the city — about $112 on average. Hostels and local eateries cut that by 30% or more.
Short-term rental plus living costs runs $1,592–$1,841 by city, about $1,716 on average.
By daily budget, Cusco ($103/day) is the cheapest and Lima ($121/day) the most expensive.