Copenhagen vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$2115
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$800
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$31.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$487
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	94	31
😀 Quality of life	97	59
🏙️ Population	667K	120K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 204% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 650th and 6471st ($2656 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Denmark and Thailand, respectively. Check Denmark vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Pattaya ranked 3rd in Thailand, while ranked 4th and 6065th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Pattaya

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	Copenhagen	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$2.44
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$349
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$55.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$85.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$19.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$2865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$1743
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$16.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$9.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$4.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$34.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$12044

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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 Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$846
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$823
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$829
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$768
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$833
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$1027
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$789
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$788
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$656
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$763
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$629
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$575
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$610
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$679
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$845
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$782
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$621
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$587
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$530
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$612
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$882
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$583
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$501
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$760
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$834
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$581
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$652
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$593
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$535
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$514