Albuquerque vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$742
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$834
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$1117
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	27	97
😀 Quality of life	79	75
🏙️ Population	565K	18.7M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 200% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 1221st and 6607th ($2227 vs $742) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th and 54th 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 1.5 months in Guangzhou. Albuquerque ranked 116th best city to live in the United States vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 525th and 955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Guangzhou

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	Albuquerque	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$1120
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$37.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	4.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$10173
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$4278
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$5.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$43.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$423
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$18235

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$575
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$589
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$812
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$781
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$481
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$618
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$816
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1565
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$837
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$830
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2410
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$891
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$856
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$876
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$824
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$774
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1083
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$785
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$831
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$857
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$752
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$738
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$799
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$716
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$806
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$812
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$588
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$735
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$525
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$584
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$596
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$611
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$620