Copenhagen vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	95
😀 Quality of life	96	88
🏙️ Population	644K	4.36M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 136% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 872nd and 5229th ($2387 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Denmark and Taiwan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 9th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs New Taipei

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	Copenhagen	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$11035

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589