Albuquerque vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	27	94
😀 Quality of life	83	86
🏙️ Population	565K	4.04M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 85% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1874th and 5000th ($1985 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 2nd in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. Check the United States vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 428th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs New Taipei

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	Albuquerque	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581