Copenhagen vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	92	90
😀 Quality of life	98	94
🏙️ Population	667K	1.51M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 6% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 713th and 920th ($2601 vs $2463) 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 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 10th and 61st 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	$23.6	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730