Albuquerque vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	27	17
😀 Quality of life	83	38
🏙️ Population	565K	9.03M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 242% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 1874th and 7893rd ($1985 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 321st 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 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 428th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Zhoukou

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	Albuquerque	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$14854

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

Cities near Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484