Albuquerque vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$3705
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	27	98
😀 Quality of life	83	94
🏙️ Population	565K	2.03M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 8% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1965th and 1464th ($2026 vs $2213) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Austria, respectively. Check the United States vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 561st and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Vienna

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	Albuquerque	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$28817

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1898
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1561
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1114
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1180
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1284
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1335
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$875
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$930
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1639
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1527
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$1036
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1153
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1278
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1391
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1196
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1133
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1291
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1708
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1683
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1404
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1247
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1869
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1818
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1787
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$989