Albuquerque vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	27	93
😀 Quality of life	84	69
🏙️ Population	565K	9.37M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 205% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2114th and 7469th ($1964 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 101st 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 484th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Hefei

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	Albuquerque	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$9056

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663