Albuquerque vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	96
😀 Quality of life	83	60
🏙️ Population	565K	8.69M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 152% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 1874th and 6486th ($1985 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 4th 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 428th and 5221st 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	$17.8	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510