Copenhagen vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	93	92
😀 Quality of life	97	67
🏙️ Population	644K	9.21M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 101% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 1085th and 4604th ($2333 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Denmark and Mexico, respectively. Check Denmark vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 10th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Mexico City

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	Copenhagen	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804