Albuquerque vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$702
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1807
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$601
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$63
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$369
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	72
😀 Quality of life	83	65
🏙️ Population	565K	8.72M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 188% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 1965th and 7229th ($2026 vs $702) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 2nd in the United States and Vietnam, respectively. Check the United States vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.5 months in Hanoi. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Hanoi ranked 3rd in Vietnam, while ranked 561st and 5251st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Hanoi

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	Albuquerque	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$268
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$674
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$484
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$45.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$69.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$9.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	8.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$2307
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$1.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$3.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$4.38
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$85.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$12836

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$597
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$587
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$590
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$476
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$602
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$587
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$571
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$585
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$601
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$580
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$563
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$590
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$567
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$605
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$564
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$578
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$664
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$496
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1269
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1038
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1082
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$699
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$608
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$574
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$584
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$738
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$694
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1056
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$774
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$600
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$581
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$587
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$790
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$789
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$590
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$380