Albuquerque vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1489
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$207
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$66.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$899
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	27	55
😀 Quality of life	83	52
🏙️ Population	565K	9.08M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 294% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 1965th and 8627th ($2026 vs $514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 495th in the United States and China, respectively. Check the United States vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Xuzhou ranked 94th in China, while ranked 561st and 6539th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Xuzhou

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	Albuquerque	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$189
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$167
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$28.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$1.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$7.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$5.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$29.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$50.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$289
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$21609

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$581
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$592
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$576
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$581
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$572
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$571
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$617
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$530
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$548
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$558
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$602
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$519
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$594
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$553
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$566
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$803
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$601
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$615
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$661
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$556
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$548
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$550
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$564
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$549
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$623
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$598
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$569
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$583
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$632
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$483
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$547
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$541
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$647
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$677
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$765