Copenhagen vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$1264
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	80
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	644K	2.73M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 144% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 1085th and 5750th ($2333 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Denmark and Taiwan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 10th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Kaohsiung

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	Copenhagen	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601