Copenhagen vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$1355
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	84
😀 Quality of life	97	81
🏙️ Population	644K	3.03M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 161% more expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 1085th and 6071st ($2333 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Denmark and Taiwan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 10th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Taichung

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	Copenhagen	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671