Copenhagen vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$2386
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$588
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	94	30
😀 Quality of life	97	55
🏙️ Population	667K	431K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 160% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 650th and 5494th ($2656 vs $1023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Namibia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 0.6 months in Windhoek. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 4th and 6345th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Copenhagen vs Windhoek

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

	Copenhagen	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$11.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$347
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$622
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$79.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$53.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	11.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$1427
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$49.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$7.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$3.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$5.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$3.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$5.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$34.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$54.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$5907

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	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$934
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$971
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$968
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$874
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$883
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$905
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$873
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$855
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$811
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$662
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$694
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$697
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$731
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$901
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$628
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$927
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$551
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$718
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$826
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$1017
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$633
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$595
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$791
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$826
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1057
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$763
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$875
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$958
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1089
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$865
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$692
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1049
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1171
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$967
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$765
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$665
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$892