Copenhagen vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$2650
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$342
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$781
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$379
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$1271
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	81
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	644K	2.73M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 166% more expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 795th and 6046th ($2483 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Denmark and Taiwan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.4 months in Kaohsiung. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 9th and 389th 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	$20.2	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$236
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$60.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$93.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$21.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$4772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$2838
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$8.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$3.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$9.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$9.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$81.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$82
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$348
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$12438

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$841
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$801
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$707
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$761
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$818
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$841
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$931
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$698
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$864
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$828
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$745
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$821
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1060
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$654
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$807
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$666
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1028
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$661
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$605
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$592
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$706
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$691
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$726
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$713
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$683
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$795
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$642
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$673
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$1014
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$719
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$445
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$801
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$776
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$629
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$643