Budget Hotels at Copenhagen Airport

Copenhagen is an expensive city, but its airport does budget properly: a purpose-built cabin hotel six minutes away, a rebranded budget flag with 60 DKK parking, and a big mid-ranger that undercuts the terminal-doorstep premium. This guide covers where the savings are real.

The budget pair

CABINN Metro is usually the cheapest real bed at CPH: more than 700 ship-cabin rooms in Ørestad, two minutes from the station, six minutes from the airport by train, with Field’s food court next door standing in for a hotel restaurant. The Four Points Flex, the former Zleep Hotel, competes on rate five minutes’ drive from the terminals and wins for anyone with a car, since its parking costs just 60 DKK per day. Neither pretends to be more than clean, bright and sufficient, which is exactly the brief.

The mid-range that behaves like budget

The Comfort Hotel frequently prices closer to the budget pair than to the Clarion two minutes further in, and it carries the extras that matter at dawn: a five-minute walk to Terminal 3, an Early Bird breakfast before the buffet, and the 24-hour Barception. When its rate is within reach of CABINN’s, the walk usually settles it.

How to decide

Two questions do the work. First, when is the flight: before about 6:00 am, walking distance carries a premium worth paying, and the sleeping guide covers the zero-hotel fallback. Second, how are you arriving: with a car, the Four Points Flex’s 60 DKK-per-day parking rewrites the total, per the park-sleep-fly maths; by rail, Ørestad is six painless minutes away and the 24-hour metro means even a night owl schedule costs nothing extra in connections.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the cheapest hotel near Copenhagen Airport?

CABINN Metro is usually the floor: compact cabin-style rooms in Ørestad, two minutes from the station and six minutes from the airport by train. The Four Points Flex, the former Zleep, competes when its rates dip, and adds parking at just 60 DKK per day.

Is it worth paying more to be within walking distance?

For departures before about 6:00 am, often yes: the Comfort Hotel's walk to Terminal 3 removes the morning connection entirely. For anything later, the 24-hour metro and six-minute trains make the Ørestad savings painless.

Are there hostels at Copenhagen Airport?

Not at the airport itself. CABINN Metro's cabins are the nearest thing to hostel pricing with hotel privacy, and central Copenhagen's hostels are within reach via the 24-hour metro if price beats convenience entirely.

Information last verified: August 29, 2026