Albuquerque vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	27	93
😀 Quality of life	83	89
🏙️ Population	565K	1.4M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 6% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 1965th and 2387th ($2026 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check the United States vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 561st and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Prague

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	Albuquerque	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383