Copenhagen vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$3437
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	94	77
😀 Quality of life	97	86
🏙️ Population	667K	936K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 7% more expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 650th and 911th ($2656 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Denmark and Israel, respectively. Check Denmark vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 4th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Jerusalem

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	Copenhagen	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$27069

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761