Albuquerque vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3076
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	72
😀 Quality of life	83	92
🏙️ Population	565K	620K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 23% more expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 1965th and 3436th ($2026 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 299th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 561st and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Leipzig

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	Albuquerque	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$12468

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479