Albuquerque vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1896
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$82.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	27	67
😀 Quality of life	83	71
🏙️ Population	565K	10.5M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 204% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 1965th and 7469th ($2026 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 89th 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 1.2 months in Dongguan. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Dongguan ranked 25th in China, while ranked 561st and 3662nd 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	$19	$2.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$559
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$326
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$63
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$6553
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$21.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$5.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$22205

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Cities near Albuquerque

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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$782
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$621
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$848
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2415
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1718
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$795
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$765
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$844
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$943
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$832
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$807
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$896
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$589
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$769
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$464
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$673
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$465
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$602
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$730
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$790
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$814
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$738
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$698
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$699
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$533
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$638
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$587
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$608