Albuquerque vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	83	96
🏙️ Population	565K	2.11M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 18% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1965th and 916th ($2026 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 561st and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Paris

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	Albuquerque	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544