Albuquerque vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2900
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$1081
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$310
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$2064
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	27	100
😀 Quality of life	83	78
🏙️ Population	565K	594K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 84% more expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 1874th and 4951st ($1985 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 211th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.9 months in Kawaguchi. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Kawaguchi ranked 24th in Japan, while ranked 428th and 653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Kawaguchi

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	Albuquerque	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$3.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$3.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1077
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$804
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	1.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$6608
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$21.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$5.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$34.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$57.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$14573

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$1041
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$1033
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1104
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1196
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1071
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1098
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1088
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1066
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1607
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1071
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1107
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1089
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1164
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1084
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1101
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1125
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1080
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1117
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1094
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1086
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1124
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1124