Copenhagen vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Copenhagen	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2601	$455
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6038	$1101
🏠 One person rent	$1451	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$2570	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$729	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$221	$56.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4591	$312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	20
😀 Quality of life	98	49
🏙️ Population	667K	1.29M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 471% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 713th and 8852nd ($2601 vs $455) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Libya, respectively. Check Denmark vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.7 months in Tripoli. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 10th and 6694th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Copenhagen vs Tripoli

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

	Copenhagen	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.6	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$109	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.3	$3.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.14	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$6.84	$0.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.58	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1734	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$97.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3186	$376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2138	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$17.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$27.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$30.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.92%	17.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9559	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6448	$357
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$116	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.7	$7.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.48
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.19	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.69	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$1.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.94	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$0.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.62	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.2	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.5	$4.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.7	$1.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$125	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$614	$53.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17654	$919

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	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$350
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$387
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$381
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$394
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$434
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$480
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$398
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1579
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1577
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1666
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1770
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1697
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1739
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1951
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$552
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$433
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$409
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1271
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$1161
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1234
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1085
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1232
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$577
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$607
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$529
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1298
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$502
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1141
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$375
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1046
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1301
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$361
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$403
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161