Albuquerque vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1731
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$218
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$371
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$930
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	27	84
😀 Quality of life	83	71
🏙️ Population	565K	9.37M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 210% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1965th and 7557th ($2026 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 105th 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 561st and 3551st 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	$19	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$0.89
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.25
🥤 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	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$384
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$40.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$14.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$3689
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1986
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$5.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$45.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.75
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$29.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$9430

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$633
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$615
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$647
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$603
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$669
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$646
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$680
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$519
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$594
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$765
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$544
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$665
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$626
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$601
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$601
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$623
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$592
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$618
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$644
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$652
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$604
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$608
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$632
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$652
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$581
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$556
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$611
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$581
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$684
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$617
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$661
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$623
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$675
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$628
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$514
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$677