Albuquerque vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Lagos
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$3096
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$598
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$1649
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$162
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	27	47
😀 Quality of life	83	40
🏙️ Population	565K	15.1M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 78% more expensive than in Lagos. Cities ranked 1874th and 4761st ($1985 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 3rd in the United States and Nigeria, respectively. Check the United States vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.1 months in Lagos. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Lagos ranked 1st in Nigeria, while ranked 428th and 6935th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Albuquerque vs Lagos infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/albuquerque/lagos.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Albuquerque vs Lagos infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/albuquerque/lagos" target="_blank">Albuquerque vs Lagos - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Albuquerque vs Lagos

Prices for goods and services in Albuquerque and Lagos are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Albuquerque	Lagos
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$49.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$2294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$1391
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$28.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$42.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$34.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	16.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$1797
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$1310
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$5.01
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$3.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$2.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$4.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$1.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$1.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$0.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$0.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$2.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$22.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$64.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$83.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$2289

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Lagos

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 48 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
87 km or 54 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
109 km or 68 mi	Cotonou	$709
120 km or 74 mi	Ibadan	$776
165 km or 102 mi	Oyo	$677
171 km or 106 mi	Ife	$779
176 km or 109 mi	Abomey	$590
195 km or 121 mi	Osogbo	$695
203 km or 126 mi	Save	$613
217 km or 135 mi	Akure	$634
239 km or 148 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
243 km or 151 mi	Lome	$755
245 km or 152 mi	Benin	$558
254 km or 158 mi	Owo	$651
261 km or 162 mi	Ilorin	$535
278 km or 173 mi	Atakpame	$647
280 km or 174 mi	Warri	$881
310 km or 193 mi	Kpalime	$632
324 km or 201 mi	Ho	$354
332 km or 206 mi	Hohoe	$575
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
375 km or 233 mi	Onitsha	$972
376 km or 234 mi	Sokode	$651
388 km or 241 mi	Tema	$553
389 km or 242 mi	Ashaiman	$560
406 km or 252 mi	Awka	$805
407 km or 253 mi	Koforidua	$588
408 km or 253 mi	Accra	$729
416 km or 258 mi	Owerri	$1611
422 km or 262 mi	Kara	$658
441 km or 274 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
452 km or 281 mi	Enugu	$462
463 km or 288 mi	Umuahia	$883
463 km or 288 mi	Aba	$621
495 km or 307 mi	Minna	$743
536 km or 333 mi	Abuja	$1502
555 km or 345 mi	Kumasi	$433
562 km or 350 mi	Obuasi	$551
570 km or 354 mi	Calabar	$384
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507