Albuquerque vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$759
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	27	49
😀 Quality of life	83	71
🏙️ Population	565K	8.78M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 220% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 1965th and 7679th ($2026 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 137th 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 561st and 3611th 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	$19	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$9536

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943