Copenhagen vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$381
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	57
😀 Quality of life	97	63
🏙️ Population	667K	2.42M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 188% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 805th and 6337th ($2555 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Denmark and Brazil, respectively. Check Denmark vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 5th and 5445th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Salvador

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	Copenhagen	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.1	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$15139

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2533
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2195
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1423
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1793
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2151
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2220
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1567
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1568
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2053
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1583
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1478
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2073
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1399
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1358
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1893
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1792
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1429
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2135
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1584
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1441
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1731
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1650
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1477
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1621
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1483
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1840
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1570
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1654
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1852
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1411
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1637
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1415
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1475
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1723
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1557

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751