Albuquerque vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	27	53
😀 Quality of life	84	70
🏙️ Population	565K	8.78M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 216% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 2114th and 7641st ($1964 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 138th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 484th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Quanzhou

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	Albuquerque	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$9321

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941