Albuquerque vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	27	69
😀 Quality of life	83	69
🏙️ Population	565K	10.5M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 203% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1874th and 7169th ($1985 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 97th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Dongguan ranked 16th in China, while ranked 428th and 2941st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Dongguan

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	Albuquerque	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$20945

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598