Albuquerque vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$836
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2112
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$295
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$54
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$632
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	27	59
😀 Quality of life	83	68
🏙️ Population	565K	2M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 142% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1965th and 6618th ($2026 vs $836) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Belarus, respectively. Check the United States vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.8 months in Minsk. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 561st and 4692nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Minsk

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	Albuquerque	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.36
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$1.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$494
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$329
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$888
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$35.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	15.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2225
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1419
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$17.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$4.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$8.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$6.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$14.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$4.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$44
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$12897

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$628
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$568
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$450
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1461
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$622
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$1003
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$335
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$484
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$952
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$907
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$399
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$890
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1279
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$545
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$947
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$1012
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$853
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1133
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1214
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$912
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$589
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1184
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$1001
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$500
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1062
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1027
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$405
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$554
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$908
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1028
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1248
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1220
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1423
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$944
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$903
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$882