Copenhagen vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$763
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$2294
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$850
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$76.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$1294
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	93	97
😀 Quality of life	97	75
🏙️ Population	644K	18.7M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 225% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 795th and 6602nd ($2483 vs $763) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 49th 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 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 9th and 1036th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Guangzhou

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	Copenhagen	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$3.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$3.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$457
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$1125
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$61.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	4.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$10222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$4345
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$15.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$4.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$26.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$35.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$15919

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671