Albuquerque vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3314
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	27	65
😀 Quality of life	83	92
🏙️ Population	565K	566K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 32% more expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 1965th and 3968th ($2026 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 536th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 561st and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Dresden

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	Albuquerque	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$16803

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553