Copenhagen vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	93	69
😀 Quality of life	97	69
🏙️ Population	644K	10.5M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 266% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 795th and 7055th ($2483 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 115th in Denmark and China, respectively. Check Denmark vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dongguan ranked 18th in China, while ranked 9th and 3115th 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	$20.2	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$21927

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623