Copenhagen vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$826
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$2298
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$641
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$90.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$882
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	92	91
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	667K	11.9M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 215% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 713th and 6563rd ($2601 vs $826) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 20th 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 1.1 months in Hangzhou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Hangzhou ranked 13th in China, while ranked 10th and 2980th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Hangzhou

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	Copenhagen	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$3.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$4.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$2.11
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$855
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$498
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$55.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	3.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$7830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$4289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$6.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$7.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$4.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$74.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$28925

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$740
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$597
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$642
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$672
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$637
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$771
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$674
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$586
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$713
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$639
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$679
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1128
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$673
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$632
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$1003
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$601
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$666
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$634
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$576
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$620
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$604
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$696
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$597
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$547
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$612
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$672
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$618
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$622
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$597
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$696
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$677
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$630
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$753