Copenhagen vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1896
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$82.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	94	67
😀 Quality of life	97	71
🏙️ Population	667K	10.5M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 299% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 650th and 7469th ($2656 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 89th in Denmark and China, respectively. Check Denmark vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.2 months in Dongguan. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dongguan ranked 25th in China, while ranked 4th and 3662nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Dongguan

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	Copenhagen	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$2.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$178
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$559
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$326
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$63
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$6553
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$3642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$21.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$7.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$30.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$437
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$22205

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$782
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$621
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$534
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$848
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$674
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2415
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1718
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$795
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$765
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$844
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$943
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$832
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$807
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$896
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$589
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$816
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$769
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$464
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$673
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$465
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$602
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$730
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$790
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$814
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$738
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$698
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$699
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$533
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$638
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$609
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$587
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$608