Albuquerque vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$863
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2104
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$379
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$550
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	27	57
😀 Quality of life	83	62
🏙️ Population	565K	2.42M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 135% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1965th and 6516th ($2026 vs $863) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 12th in the United States and Brazil, respectively. Check the United States vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 18th in Brazil, while ranked 561st and 5693rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Salvador

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	Albuquerque	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$2.42
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$365
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$74.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	10.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$1920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$50.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$9.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$6.73
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$32.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$53.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$72.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$14902

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$667
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$676
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$568
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$666
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$645
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$607
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$645
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$548
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$492
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$651
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$589
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$567
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$583
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$628
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$614
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$595
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$648
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$647
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$488
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$608
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$611
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$726
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$602
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$677
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$687
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$611
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$628
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$598
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$609
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$579
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$615
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$598
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$669
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$611
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$609
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$626
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$743