Copenhagen vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$1275
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$459
😷 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 432% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 650th and 8722nd ($2656 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 24th 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 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kharkiv ranked 4th in Ukraine, while ranked 4th and 5605th 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	$21.8	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$4.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$1.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$122
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$392
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$80.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$5.94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	17.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$1150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$595
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$8.47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$4.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$20.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$7.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$2.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$77.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$299
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$2953

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$757
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$516
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$630
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$682
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$748
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$637
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$639
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$528
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$549
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$485
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$761
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$724
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$476
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$696
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$529
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$557
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$705
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$597
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$686
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$500
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$697
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$893
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$759
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$882
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$545
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$414
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$680
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$905
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$637
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$759
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$562