Copenhagen vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	60
😀 Quality of life	97	87
🏙️ Population	644K	246K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 28% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 1085th and 2336th ($2333 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1917th in Denmark and the United States, respectively. Check Denmark vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 10th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Louisville

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	Copenhagen	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974