Albuquerque vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$879
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$770
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$70.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$445
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	72
😀 Quality of life	84	68
🏙️ Population	565K	2.95M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 123% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 2114th and 6330th ($1964 vs $879) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 1st in the United States and Ukraine, respectively. Check the United States vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 484th and 4632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Kyiv

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	Albuquerque	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$8.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$32.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$6.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$541
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$344
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$2254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$5.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$8.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$4.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$96
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$376
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$7835

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$516
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$498
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$475
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$879
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$439
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$479
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$496
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$406
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$793
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$426
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$921
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$465
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$656
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$884
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$545
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$790
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$947
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$546
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$629
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$510
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$670
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$815
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1164
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$964
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$718
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$735
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$830
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$561