Copenhagen vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$782
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$2063
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$354
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$84.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	97	74
🏙️ Population	667K	18.7M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 240% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 650th and 6835th ($2656 vs $782) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 32nd 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 1.1 months in Guangzhou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Guangzhou ranked 7th in China, while ranked 4th and 2285th 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	$21.8	$2.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$28.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$951
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$445
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$8986
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$3592
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.43
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$20.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$4.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$5.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$71.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$16938

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$666
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$848
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$795
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$534
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$674
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$844
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$939
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1718
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$621
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$832
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2415
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$765
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$807
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$896
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$816
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$760
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$943
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$769
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$790
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$789
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$730
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$589
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$673
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$464
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$738
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$814
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$465
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$602
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$699
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$533
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$638
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$587
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$608
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$609
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$698
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$694