Albuquerque vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Albuquerque	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2111	$2309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5353	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$1523
🏘️ Family rent	$2649	$2687
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4150	$3493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	27	64
😀 Quality of life	83	86
🏙️ Population	565K	3.33M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 9% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 1562nd and 1098th ($2111 vs $2309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1345th and 1st in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check the United States vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.5 months in Dubai. Albuquerque ranked 101st best city to live in the United States vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 396th and 306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Dubai

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	Albuquerque	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.3	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$12.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1008	$1170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2600	$3310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$2171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2504	$6006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.9	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$9.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$10
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$2.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.7	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$88.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1341	$779
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5953	$12682

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Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2099
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2067
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2176
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2398
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2618
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$3686
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1636
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1847
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1613
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1629
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1805
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1775
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$974
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1834
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2288
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1834
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2220
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1707
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2200
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2213
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2268
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1715
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1945
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2465
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2352
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$778
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2040
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2338
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2016
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1954
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2613
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2372
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2416
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2052
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2498
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2295
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2588

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1503
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1232
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1050
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$994
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1810
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1110
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1719
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$561
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$556
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$547
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$520
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1267
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1218
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1226
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$531
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$870
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$687
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$989
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$558
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$878
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$546
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$639
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$467
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$541
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$489
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$831
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$577
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$507