Dublin vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$1245
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	96	100
😀 Quality of life	96	83
🏙️ Population	593K	7.41M

The cost of living in Dublin is 5% more expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 315th and 532nd ($2858 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Ireland and China, respectively. Check Ireland vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 21st and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Hong Kong

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	Dublin	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$22102

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598