Albuquerque vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2169
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$5111
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$2146
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$611
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$4075
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	27	84
😀 Quality of life	83	93
🏙️ Population	565K	633K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 7% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 1965th and 1578th ($2026 vs $2169) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 5th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.9 months in Stuttgart. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Stuttgart ranked 10th in Germany, while ranked 561st and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Stuttgart

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	Albuquerque	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$89
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$4.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$918
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2130
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1689
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$7372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$4701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$68.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$28.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$5.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$55.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$68.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$22.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$98.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$696
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$18457

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1926
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1932
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1909
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1928
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1905
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1911
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1896
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1879
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1904
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1881
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1876
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1870
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1881
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1872
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1822
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1866
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1819
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1773
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1833
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1820
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1795
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1866
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$2012
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1858
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1692
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1915
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1756
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1767
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1555
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1890
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1771
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1862
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1812
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1883
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1806
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1770
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1767
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1819
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1784
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1792