Albuquerque vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3726
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	56
😀 Quality of life	83	91
🏙️ Population	565K	526K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 14% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 1965th and 2945th ($2026 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 561st and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Nuremberg

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	Albuquerque	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$17866

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767