Albuquerque vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$2026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$4583
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$2046
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$2278
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	94
😀 Quality of life	83	87
🏙️ Population	565K	1.86M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 0% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 1965th and 1966th ($2026 vs $2026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Poland, respectively. Check the United States vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.1 months in Warsaw. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 561st and 348th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Warsaw

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	Albuquerque	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$53.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$5.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$1304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$945
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$2244
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$316
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$6614
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$4194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$35.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$16.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.55
🍌 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	$3.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$88.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$621
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$16711

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1569
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1255
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1262
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1028
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1053
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1193
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1188
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1221
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1228
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1377
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$1062
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$1032
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$949
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1109
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1178
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1152
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1337
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1165
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1283
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1214
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1343
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$589
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$834
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1184
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1203
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1184
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1070
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1220
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1198
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$987
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$898
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1145
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1233
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1247
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1068
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1133
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$1014
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1130
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$399