Albuquerque vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$1849
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$4110
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$2063
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$3003
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	44
😀 Quality of life	84	82
🏙️ Population	565K	1.19M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 6% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 2114th and 2509th ($1964 vs $1849) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th 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 1.6 months in Doha. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 484th and 608th 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	$17.1	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$55.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$12.3
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$1391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$974
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$84.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$5456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$3618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$30.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$5.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$118
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$825
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$11426

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889