Five-week parkers at CPH often skip official Budget Parking entirely
Budget Parking is Copenhagen Airport’s long-term, airport-run option, but TripAdvisor threads show people planning 4–5 week trips calling even the “cheap” official products too expensive once you pass the 2–3 week mark. That’s the point where locals start talking about parking off-airport and using the M2 metro line instead of paying CPH’s own long-stay rates.
There are no terminals 1 or 4 here, only Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, so any drive-in CPH product like Budget Parking feeds those two buildings. For trips under about 10–14 days, the time saved vs. hunting street parking along the metro or rail line can justify the higher daily price; beyond that, the math flips fast and the bill climbs sharply.
In one TripAdvisor example, a traveler heading to Dubai for 5 weeks asked specifically for “cheap or free parking near Copenhagen airport” because the official long-term options, including Budget-style products, priced out too high for 35 days. Another user in the same thread flatly recommended not using any airport-branded lot for that length of stay, Budget Parking included.
Regulars suggest parking in residential areas along the M2 metro and then riding the metro straight into Terminal 3, instead of taking a shuttle from Budget Parking and paying airport rates for 3–5 weeks. They point out that even a modest daily fee multiplied over 21–35 days beats the total you’d see if you left the car in an official Budget or long-stay zone the whole time.
Tip: If your trip hits 2–3 weeks or more, price out a park-and-ride solution along the M2 metro line against Budget Parking before you book; at that length, locals report double-digit percentage savings by skipping the airport lots entirely.