Albuquerque vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	27	90
😀 Quality of life	83	94
🏙️ Population	565K	1.51M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 19% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 1965th and 889th ($2026 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 561st and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Munich

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	Albuquerque	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748