Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,488 a month in Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon, rent included: 75% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,007 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%48
- Safetycountry20%48
- Health carecountry15%57
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%54
- Connectivitycountry10%49
- Cost10%54
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Costa Rica
- #9
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,525
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $12.31 | $25.00 | −51% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $44.76 | $140 | −68% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $11.19 | $14.00 | −20% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.36 | $8.00 | −58% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.14 | $10.00 | −59% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.03 | $6.37 | −37% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.41 | $3.80 | −37% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.85 | $2.89 | −36% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $2.07 | $1.36 | +52% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.16 | $4.68 | −32% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.51 | $6.97 | −64% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.22 | $5.73 | −44% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $6.71 | $17.38 | −61% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $7.80 | $15.11 | −48% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.29 | $17.77 | −20% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.69 | $6.11 | −56% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.12 | $2.20 | −49% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.34 | $5.77 | −77% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.79 | $6.25 | −71% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.69 | $3.47 | −22% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.01 | $4.17 | −52% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.67 | $2.72 | −75% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $2.01 | $2.50 | −20% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $15.67 | $20.00 | −22% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.89 | $3.21 | −10% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.68 | $3.96 | −7% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.16 | $19.00 | −83% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.34 | $3.00 | −55% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $44.76 | $140 | −68% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $1.85 | $3.00 | −38% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.62 | $2.18 | −26% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $8.87 | $42.00 | −79% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.53 | $1.10 | +39% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $21,990 | $35,458 | −38% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $35,094 | $25,309 | +39% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $37.07 | $73.50 | −50% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $33.57 | $71.93 | −53% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $55.95 | $126 | −56% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $8.39 | $23.00 | −64% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $999 | $3,366 | −70% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $17,321 | $60,589 | −71% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $67.14 | $72.80 | −8% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $26.86 | $53.22 | −50% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $101 | $118 | −14% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $55.95 | $125 | −55% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | — | $4,417 | — |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | — | $3,033 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | — | $9,242 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | — | $5,461 | — |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,007 | $5,178 | −81% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 8.78% | 6.49% | +2.3 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | — | $1,007 |
| May 2026 | — | — | — |
| Feb 2026 | 37.4 | — | $907 |
| Dec 2025 | 43.8 | — | $905 |
| May 2025 | 43.5 | — | $887 |
| Apr 2025 | 43.7 | — | $890 |
| Mar 2025 | 44.0 | — | $910 |
| Feb 2025 | 42.5 | — | $889 |
| Jan 2025 | 42.4 | — | $887 |
| Dec 2024 | 41.2 | — | $886 |
| Nov 2024 | 40.1 | — | $880 |
| Oct 2024 | 39.9 | — | $880 |
| Sep 2024 | 39.1 | — | $868 |
| Aug 2024 | 37.4 | — | $849 |
| Jul 2024 | 36.8 | — | $855 |
| Jun 2024 | 36.1 | — | $865 |
| May 2024 | 36.8 | — | — |
| Apr 2024 | 36.9 | — | — |
| Mar 2024 | 35.9 | — | — |
| Feb 2024 | 39.4 | — | — |
| Jan 2024 | 36.9 | $672 | $480 |
| Dec 2023 | 36.4 | $660 | $471 |
| Nov 2023 | 36.5 | $661 | $472 |
| Oct 2023 | 36.2 | $653 | $467 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Costa Rica's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon.
Internet
Costa Rica median; city not listed- Upload
- 111Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 5ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 71Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 20ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon yet.
Cities like Puerto Viejo - de Talamanca, Limon
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 86%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026