Albuquerque vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	83	74
🏙️ Population	565K	13.1M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 60% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1874th and 4359th ($1985 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 1st in the United States and Russia, respectively. Check the United States vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 428th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Moscow

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	Albuquerque	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592