Albuquerque vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Albuquerque	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2227	$700
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5507	$1924
🏠 One person rent	$1367	$303
🏘️ Family rent	$2709	$681
🍽️ Food expenses	$610	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$88	$54.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4282	$247
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	79	61
🏙️ Population	565K	8.69M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 218% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1221st and 6811th ($2227 vs $700) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1095th and 11th in the United States and Iran, respectively. Check the United States vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.4 months in Tehran. Albuquerque ranked 116th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 525th and 5288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Tehran

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	Albuquerque	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.98	$0.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1432	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1078	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2625	$840
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2364	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$10.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$16.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$80.9	$7.89
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	23.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3560	$2317
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2784	$1382
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.19	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$14.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.01	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$4.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$1.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$1.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.98	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$17
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$1.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$102
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1346	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6035	$1883

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2165
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$1833
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2013
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2312
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2066
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2112
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1692
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1818
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1792
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1613
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1126
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1696
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2411
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1798
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2287
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1687
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2269
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2334
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1860
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1710
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1916
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2324
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2355
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$2042
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2282
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2392
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2425
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2105
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2374
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2459

Cities near Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$655
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$653
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$655
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$651
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$655
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$636
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$653
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$633
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$619
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$647
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$636
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$651
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$654
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$693
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$650
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$616
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$647
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$519
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$583
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$546
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$454
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$595
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$434
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$640
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$561
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$547
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$456
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$530
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$656
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$436
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$451
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$661
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$502
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$576
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569