Copenhagen vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	92	96
😀 Quality of life	98	73
🏙️ Population	667K	13.3M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 81% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 713th and 4141st ($2601 vs $1438) 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 0.6 months in Moscow. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 10th and 2664th 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	$23.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772