Copenhagen vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	96	53
🏙️ Population	644K	8.78M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 247% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 872nd and 6882nd ($2387 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd in Denmark and China, respectively. Check Denmark vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 9th and 6124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Quanzhou

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	Copenhagen	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083