Copenhagen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$1256
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$336
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$45.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	61
😀 Quality of life	97	63
🏙️ Population	667K	1.42M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 410% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 805th and 8662nd ($2555 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Denmark and Ukraine, respectively. Check Denmark vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1 months in Kharkiv. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 5th and 5430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Kharkiv

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	Copenhagen	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.1	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$127
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$52.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	17.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$1073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$9.81
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$7.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$7.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$4.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$1.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$4.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$7.98
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$76
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$2841

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$746
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$475
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$518
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$618
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$539
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$611
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$685
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$749
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$642
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$628
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$621
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$525
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$471
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$790
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$766
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$448
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$730
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$518
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$554
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$757
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$635
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$732
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$479
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$779
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$891
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$855
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$853
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$589
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$409
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$694
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$974
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$691
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$798
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$591