Albuquerque vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2892
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$1360
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	94
😀 Quality of life	83	89
🏙️ Population	565K	4.05M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 83% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 1965th and 5023rd ($2026 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 561st and 252nd 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	$19	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.68
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$570
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$608
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$70.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	2.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$13830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$7127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$9.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$3.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$9.19
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$9.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$7.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$18576

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1257
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$941
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$997
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$796
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$882
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$937
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$709
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$957
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$888
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$879
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$889
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$910
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$656
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$668
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$841
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$910
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$654
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$634
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$630
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$705
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$903
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$763
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$723
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$682
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$698
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$610
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$598
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$667
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$617
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$465
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$665
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$602