Copenhagen vs Ouagadougou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Ouagadougou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$869
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$2390
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$559
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	93	22
😀 Quality of life	97	21
🏙️ Population	644K	2.45M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 168% more expensive than in Ouagadougou. Cities ranked 1085th and 6195th ($2333 vs $869) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Burkina Faso, respectively. Check Denmark vs Burkina Faso comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.6 months in Ouagadougou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Ouagadougou ranked 1st in Burkina Faso, while ranked 10th and 8814th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Ouagadougou

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	Copenhagen	Ouagadougou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$7.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$368
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$194
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$80.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$50.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	12.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$210
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$969
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$12.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$2.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$0.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$8.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$0.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$1.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$5.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$3.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$6.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$15761

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

Cities near Ouagadougou

Distance	City	Cost of living
91 km or 57 mi	Koudougou	$743
92 km or 57 mi	Manga	$774
153 km or 95 mi	Leo	$753
166 km or 103 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
210 km or 130 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
210 km or 131 mi	Dedougou	$735
255 km or 158 mi	Dori	$771
256 km or 159 mi	Nouna	$733
326 km or 203 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
336 km or 209 mi	Tamale	$507
415 km or 258 mi	Niamey	$1019
431 km or 268 mi	Kara	$658
464 km or 288 mi	Sikasso	$499
475 km or 295 mi	Sokode	$651
503 km or 313 mi	Sotouboua	$649
513 km or 319 mi	Markala	$489
527 km or 327 mi	Segou	$490
551 km or 342 mi	Korhogo	$916
611 km or 380 mi	Atakpame	$647
620 km or 385 mi	Hohoe	$575
631 km or 392 mi	Kumasi	$433
646 km or 401 mi	Bouake	$937
650 km or 404 mi	Kpalime	$632
652 km or 405 mi	Save	$613
655 km or 407 mi	Banamba	$491
656 km or 407 mi	Bougouni	$489
657 km or 408 mi	Koulikoro	$490
662 km or 411 mi	Abengourou	$889
676 km or 420 mi	Ho	$354
685 km or 426 mi	Obuasi	$551
693 km or 430 mi	Abomey	$590
702 km or 436 mi	Bamako	$569
710 km or 441 mi	Koforidua	$588
738 km or 459 mi	Sokoto	$426
740 km or 460 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
755 km or 469 mi	Lome	$755
759 km or 471 mi	Ashaiman	$560
762 km or 474 mi	Tema	$553
765 km or 476 mi	Accra	$729
773 km or 480 mi	Agboville	$882