Albuquerque vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$4398
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1360
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$2333
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$2972
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	27	41
😀 Quality of life	83	84
🏙️ Population	565K	1.19M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 0.6% more expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 1965th and 1994th ($2026 vs $2014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.5 months in Doha. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 561st and 537th 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	$19	$8.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$64.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$11
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$6.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1589
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1972
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$87.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$86.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$4680
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3108
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$3.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$6.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$136
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$9.54
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$63.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$769
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$11285

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Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2220
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2418
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2190
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2472
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1928
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1724
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1828
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1876
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2140
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1924
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2323
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1817
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2357
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2451
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2023
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1934
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2168
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2444
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2510
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1930
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2600
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2381
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2298
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2524
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2286
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2471

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1923
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1109
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1192
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1309
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1037
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$823
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2420
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1473
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2183
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$545
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$465
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$489
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1457
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$541
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$523
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1214
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$565
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1632
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$547
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$487
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$707
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$492
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$545
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$556
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$796
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861