Copenhagen vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	94	96
😀 Quality of life	97	72
🏙️ Population	667K	13.3M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 68% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 650th and 3728th ($2656 vs $1585) 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 1.9 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 4th and 3206th 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	$21.8	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$17546

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791