Albuquerque vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	27	56
😀 Quality of life	83	57
🏙️ Population	565K	2.42M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 182% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 1874th and 6861st ($1985 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 25th 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 0.5 months in Salvador. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 428th and 5641st 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	$17.8	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677