Albuquerque vs Oslo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Oslo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$2292
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$4945
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$2054
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$665
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$3699
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	37 km
🎓 Higher education	27	79
😀 Quality of life	83	94
🏙️ Population	565K	709K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 13% less expensive than in Oslo. Cities ranked 1874th and 1171st ($1985 vs $2292) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 1st in the United States and Norway, respectively. Check the United States vs Norway comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.6 months in Oslo. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Oslo ranked 1st in Norway, while ranked 428th and 37th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Albuquerque vs Oslo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/albuquerque/oslo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Albuquerque vs Oslo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/albuquerque/oslo" target="_blank">Albuquerque vs Oslo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Albuquerque vs Oslo

Prices for goods and services in Albuquerque and Oslo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Albuquerque	Oslo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$92.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$9.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$3.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$1322
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$1024
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$2233
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$221
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	5.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$8757
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$6384
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$80
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$26.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$2.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$3.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$4.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$28.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$4.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$45.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$62
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$33
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$94
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$8593

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Oslo

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Baerum	$1872
25 km or 16 mi	Lillestrom	$1945
27 km or 17 mi	Asker	$1930
35 km or 22 mi	Jessheim	$1838
36 km or 22 mi	Drammen	$1627
50 km or 31 mi	Moss	$1707
57 km or 35 mi	Horten	$1631
68 km or 42 mi	Kongsberg	$1747
71 km or 44 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
74 km or 46 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
78 km or 48 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
92 km or 57 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
96 km or 60 mi	Halden	$1575
100 km or 62 mi	Hamar	$1764
103 km or 64 mi	Skien	$1651
104 km or 65 mi	Larvik	$1733
106 km or 66 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
106 km or 66 mi	Arvika	$1251
108 km or 67 mi	Gjovik	$1722
135 km or 84 mi	Lillehammer	$1468
165 km or 103 mi	Karlstad	$1279
186 km or 115 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
194 km or 120 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
197 km or 122 mi	Arendal	$1623
201 km or 125 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
220 km or 137 mi	Mariestad	$1373
241 km or 150 mi	Mora	$1367
245 km or 152 mi	Skovde	$1473
247 km or 154 mi	Ludvika	$1178
252 km or 156 mi	Kristiansand	$1326
259 km or 161 mi	Gothenburg	$1623
260 km or 162 mi	Orebro	$1171
261 km or 162 mi	Molndal	$1498
266 km or 166 mi	Borlange	$1599
275 km or 171 mi	Boras	$1367
276 km or 171 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
281 km or 175 mi	Falun	$1648
303 km or 188 mi	Sandnes	$1709
304 km or 189 mi	Stavanger	$2049
305 km or 190 mi	Bergen	$2006