Albuquerque vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2291
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$113
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$983
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	27	65
😀 Quality of life	83	72
🏙️ Population	565K	12.7M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 159% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1965th and 6833rd ($2026 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 31st in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Suzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 561st and 3150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Suzhou

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	Albuquerque	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$161
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$673
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$89.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$6055
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$21.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$8.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$79.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$47.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$17664

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$644
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$683
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$669
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$594
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$643
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$650
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$684
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$557
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1126
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$623
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$620
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$636
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1002
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$652
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$646
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$652
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$860
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$604
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$611
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$647
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$680
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$675
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$626
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$618
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$644
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$601
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$678
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$671
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$765
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$677
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$632
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$584
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$680
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$623