Albuquerque vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	80
😀 Quality of life	83	83
🏙️ Population	565K	2.73M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 108% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1874th and 5750th ($1985 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 4th in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 428th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Kaohsiung

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	Albuquerque	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601