Albuquerque vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$2042
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	94
😀 Quality of life	84	85
🏙️ Population	565K	1.86M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 0.7% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2114th and 2069th ($1964 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 484th and 444th 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	$17.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$15871

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349