Copenhagen vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$665
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$1753
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$313
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$651
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$256
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$29.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$447
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	93	31
😀 Quality of life	96	42
🏙️ Population	644K	116K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 259% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 872nd and 7072nd ($2387 vs $665) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Denmark and Thailand, respectively. Check Denmark vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.7 months in Pattaya. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Pattaya ranked 15th in Thailand, while ranked 9th and 6956th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Copenhagen vs Pattaya infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/copenhagen/pattaya.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Copenhagen vs Pattaya infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/copenhagen/pattaya" target="_blank">Copenhagen vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Copenhagen vs Pattaya

Prices for goods and services in Copenhagen and Pattaya are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Copenhagen	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$3.26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$22.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$7.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$385
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$223
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$786
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$41.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$63.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$1791
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$1187
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$8.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$2.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$0.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$17.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$2.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$3.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$91
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$8397

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$653
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$648
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$647
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$714
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$619
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$716
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$902
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$704
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$614
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$677
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$594
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$617
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$481
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$614
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$579
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$539
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$571
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$518
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$615
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$587
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$702
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$661
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$642
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$496
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$532
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$569
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$524
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$554
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$802
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$534
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$555
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$711
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$642
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$566
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$500
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$628
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$605
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$518
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$509