Albuquerque vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$367
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$838
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	27	69
😀 Quality of life	79	71
🏙️ Population	565K	10.5M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 278% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1221st and 7769th ($2227 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th and 350th 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.4 months in Dongguan. Albuquerque ranked 116th best city to live in the United States vs Dongguan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 525th and 2370th 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	$16	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$419
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$33.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$9.62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$3231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$38
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$5.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$49
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$46.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$74
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$16599

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$742
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$575
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$837
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$481
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$812
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$618
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2410
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1565
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$781
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$891
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$816
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1083
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$830
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$856
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$876
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$774
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$738
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$824
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$785
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$716
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$588
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$752
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$831
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$857
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$806
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$735
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$525
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$584
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$530
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$596
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$611