Albuquerque vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$1473
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$327
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$664
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	27	68
😀 Quality of life	83	68
🏙️ Population	565K	12.6M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 296% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1965th and 8643rd ($2026 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 498th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 561st and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Zhengzhou

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	Albuquerque	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$21713

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$516
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$516
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$518
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$509
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$483
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$518
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$520
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$507
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$506
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$514
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$498
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$491
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$506
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$523
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$518
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$569
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$534
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$525
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$531
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$543
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$541
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$598
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$492
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$583
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$659
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$803
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$602
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$596
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$545
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$578
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$540
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$529
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$556