Albuquerque vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$4464
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	27	61
😀 Quality of life	79	89
🏙️ Population	565K	633K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 16% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1221st and 1984th ($2227 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th and 1684th in the United States.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Ranked 116th vs 33rd best cities to live in the United States, and 525th vs 164th 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	$16	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$13578

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988