Albuquerque vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$3155
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	79	94
🏙️ Population	565K	2.15M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 0.2% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1221st and 1216th ($2227 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th and 2nd 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 1.4 months in Paris. Albuquerque ranked 116th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 525th and 33rd 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	$16	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$16502

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381