Albuquerque vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$3416
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	45
😀 Quality of life	83	80
🏙️ Population	565K	1.19M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 12% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1874th and 2449th ($1985 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 1st in the United States and Qatar, respectively. Check the United States vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 428th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Doha

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	Albuquerque	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$11200

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904