Albuquerque vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	27	60
😀 Quality of life	83	88
🏙️ Population	565K	246K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 10% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1965th and 2713th ($2026 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1895th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Ranked 185th vs 101st best cities to live in the United States, and 561st vs 333rd among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Louisville

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	Albuquerque	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$16074

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011