Copenhagen vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	92	97
😀 Quality of life	98	75
🏙️ Population	667K	18.7M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 243% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 713th and 6838th ($2601 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 36th in Denmark and China, respectively. Check Denmark vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 10th and 2100th 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	$23.6	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$14783

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677