Copenhagen vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Copenhagen	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2555	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5866	$5469
🏠 One person rent	$1447	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$2513	$2021
🍽️ Food expenses	$713	$669
🚐 Transport expenses	$199	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4784	$3329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	94	98
😀 Quality of life	97	93
🏙️ Population	667K	2.03M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 14% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 805th and 1403rd ($2555 vs $2240) 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 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5th and 54th 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	$21.1	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.09	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$7.32	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.12	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1680	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2988	$2069
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$1556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11390	$13774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7705	$6758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.71	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.33	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.26	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.75	$2.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.55	$4.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$4.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.3	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.4	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$38	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$97.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12710	$28814

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1883
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1862
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1831
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1941
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1590
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1805
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1172
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1150
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1230
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1257
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1308
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$917
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$974
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1628
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1499
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$967
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1126
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1218
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1409
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1156
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1265
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1108
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1255
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1681
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1653
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1430
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1201
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1803
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1751
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1701
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1065
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$928