Copenhagen vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	93	93
😀 Quality of life	97	66
🏙️ Population	644K	9.37M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 273% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 1085th and 7405th ($2333 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 10th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Hefei

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	Copenhagen	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$8278

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665