Albuquerque vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$1882
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$752
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	27	69
😀 Quality of life	84	72
🏙️ Population	565K	10.5M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 197% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 2114th and 7341st ($1964 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 78th 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 149th best city to live in the United States vs Dongguan ranked 20th in China, while ranked 484th and 3389th 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	$17.1	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$6823
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$3488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$4.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$6.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$30
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$61.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$21416

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598