Copenhagen vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	94	90
😀 Quality of life	97	94
🏙️ Population	667K	1.51M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 6% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 650th and 889th ($2656 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Germany, respectively. Check Denmark vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 4th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Munich

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	Copenhagen	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748