Albuquerque vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Albuquerque	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2029	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1176	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$2060	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$600	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3981	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	27	57
😀 Quality of life	83	63
🏙️ Population	565K	2.42M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 129% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1945th and 6337th ($2029 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1522nd and 10th 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Albuquerque ranked 168th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 518th and 5445th 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	$17	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.6	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2103	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1774	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2503	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.78	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1503	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25284	$15139

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2089
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2212
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2237
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2417
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2212
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2470
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1747
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1938
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1665
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1776
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1844
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1796
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1066
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1850
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$1961
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1920
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2367
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1803
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2423
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2548
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2573
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1972
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1878
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2293
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2482
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2454
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2521
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2373
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2988
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2011
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1933
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2605
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2378
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2293
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2534
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2288
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2509

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751