Copenhagen vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Copenhagen	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2483	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5751	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$1424	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$2573	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$670	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4295	$2834
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	93	98
😀 Quality of life	97	94
🏙️ Population	644K	1.97M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 26% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 795th and 1964th ($2483 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Denmark and Austria, respectively. Check Denmark vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 9th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Vienna

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	Copenhagen	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.2	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.9	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.66	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$6.74	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.88	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1540	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1168	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3033	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2129	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.19%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8402	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5773	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.61	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$105	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.1	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.14	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.09	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.16	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.01	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.52	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.34	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19.6	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.8	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$121	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$591	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13230	$15069

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2378
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2203
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2006
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1294
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1570
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1867
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2088
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1459
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1439
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1713
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1306
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1436
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1347
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1864
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1333
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1341
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$2046
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1688
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1442
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1966
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1548
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1299
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1499
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1608
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1532
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1618
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1578
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1434
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1636
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1328
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1502
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1476
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1654
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1324
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1536
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1364
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1476
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1565
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1546

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898