Albuquerque vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$999
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$382
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$672
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$413
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$77.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$1411
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	80
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	565K	2.72M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 103% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1965th and 5666th ($2026 vs $999) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 3rd 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 561st and 364th 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	$19	$3.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$31.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$745
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$535
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$46.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	2.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$4856
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3306
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$12.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$3.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$7.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$69.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.74
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$11481

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$910
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$841
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$910
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$889
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$879
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$888
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$957
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$709
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$937
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$882
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$796
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$903
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1108
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$630
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$723
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$634
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$997
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$668
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$602
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$465
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$656
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$464
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$589
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$698
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$654
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$673
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$634
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$682
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$943
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$705
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$416
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$765
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$763
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$621
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$610