Albuquerque vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$487
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	27	66
😀 Quality of life	83	65
🏙️ Population	565K	9.39M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 170% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 1874th and 6739th ($1985 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 1st 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 428th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Albuquerque	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$14143

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588