Arlington vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$2555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$5866
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$1447
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$2513
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$713
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$199
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$4784
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	94
😀 Quality of life	78	97
🏙️ Population	394K	667K

The cost of living in Arlington is 25% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 2324th and 805th ($1913 vs $2555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th and 1st in the United States and Denmark, respectively. Check the United States vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Arlington compared to 1.9 months in Copenhagen. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 895th and 5th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/arlington/copenhagen.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Arlington vs Copenhagen infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/arlington/copenhagen" target="_blank">Arlington vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Arlington vs Copenhagen

Prices for goods and services in Arlington and Copenhagen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Arlington	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$21.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$108
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$9.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$7.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$5.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$1680
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$2988
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$2119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$11390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$7705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$102
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$3.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$2.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$5.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$5.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$2.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$20.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$68.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$38
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$815
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$12710

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2316
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2128
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2122
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2111
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2147
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2086
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2129
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2259
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2170
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2137
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2042
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2182
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2206
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2151
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2120
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2472
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2193
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2202
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2168
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2062
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2205
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2220
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2096
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2205
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2104
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2155
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2209
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2397

Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557