Albuquerque vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Albuquerque	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2029	$1137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1176	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2060	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$600	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.5	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3981	$1763
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	75
😀 Quality of life	83	90
🏙️ Population	565K	1.96M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 78% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1945th and 4901st ($2029 vs $1137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1522nd and 42nd in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.6 months in Sapporo. Albuquerque ranked 168th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 518th and 196th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Sapporo

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	Albuquerque	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.6	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$3.74
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$404
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$247
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2103	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1774	$443
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.8	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	2.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2503	$2166
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2242	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.63	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$46.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.5	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.24	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$5.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$24.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$3.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$4.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.27	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.18	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.78	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.8	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1503	$248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25284	$9894

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1015
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1020
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1017
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1016
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1017
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1016
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1020
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1014
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$988
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$983
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$954
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1008
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1010
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1009
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1040
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$988
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$914
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$909
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$992
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1001
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$914
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$993
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1000
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$964
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$990
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$972
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$984
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1055
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$979
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1017
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1017
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$991
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1000
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$995
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1061