Copenhagen vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	60
😀 Quality of life	98	89
🏙️ Population	667K	246K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 41% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 713th and 2519th ($2601 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1889th 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 89th in the United States, while ranked 10th and 281st 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	$23.6	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$15931

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017