Albuquerque vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	83	72
🏙️ Population	565K	13.3M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 28% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1965th and 3728th ($2026 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 561st and 3206th 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	$19	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$17546

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791