Albuquerque vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	27	35
😀 Quality of life	83	53
🏙️ Population	565K	1.43M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 102% more expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 1874th and 5623rd ($1985 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 19th in the United States and Mexico, respectively. Check the United States vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 428th and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Puebla

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	Albuquerque	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$9705

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699