Copenhagen vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$1364
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$3138
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$654
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$1106
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$490
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$504
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	92	40
😀 Quality of life	98	57
🏙️ Population	667K	580K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 91% more expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 713th and 4339th ($2601 vs $1364) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Jamaica, respectively. Check Denmark vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.4 months in Kingston. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 10th and 6173rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Kingston

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	Copenhagen	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$9.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$84.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$1.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$792
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$424
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$1427
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$765
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$100
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$152
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$56.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	9.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$2802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$2172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$4.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$3.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$7.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$6.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$68.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$4783

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1223
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$793
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1055
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1164
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$947
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$973
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1072
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1149
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1645
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2126
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1266
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2761
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1165
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1656
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1354
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1574
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1884
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$529
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$528
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1601
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1504
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$533
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$552
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$567
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1300
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$541
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$546
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1300
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3615
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$536
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$529
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1097
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$639
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$721
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$713