Albuquerque vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Albuquerque	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2111	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5353	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$2649	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$582	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$89	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4150	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	83	74
🏙️ Population	565K	13M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 96% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1562nd and 5091st ($2111 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1345th 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 101st best city to live in the United States vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 396th and 1280th 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	$18.1	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.75	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.64	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1315	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1008	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2600	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2319	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.6	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2504	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.5	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.7	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$129	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1341	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5953	$11652

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2099
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2067
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2176
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2398
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2618
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$3686
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1636
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1847
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1613
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1629
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1805
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1775
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$974
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1834
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2288
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1834
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2220
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1707
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2200
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2213
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2268
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1715
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1945
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2465
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2352
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$778
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2040
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2338
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2016
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1954
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2613
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2372
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2416
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2052
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2498
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2295
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2588

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541