Copenhagen vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	93	96
😀 Quality of life	97	74
🏙️ Population	644K	13.1M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 88% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 1085th and 4359th ($2333 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Russia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 10th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Moscow

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	Copenhagen	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$12252

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592