Albuquerque vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Guadalajara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1241
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2983
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$607
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1060
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$750
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	47
😀 Quality of life	83	62
🏙️ Population	565K	1.39M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 63% more expensive than in Guadalajara. Cities ranked 1965th and 4689th ($2026 vs $1241) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 14th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.6 months in Guadalajara. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Guadalajara ranked 7th in Mexico, while ranked 561st and 5768th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/albuquerque/guadalajara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Albuquerque vs Guadalajara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/albuquerque/guadalajara" target="_blank">Albuquerque vs Guadalajara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Albuquerque vs Guadalajara

Prices for goods and services in Albuquerque and Guadalajara are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Albuquerque	Guadalajara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$43.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$776
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$492
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1418
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$879
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$27.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	11.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3091
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$2058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.14
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$30.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$61.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$252
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$11768

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102