Dublin vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dublin	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2627	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5796	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$1748	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$3037	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3727	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	95	60
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	593K	246K

The cost of living in Dublin is 44% more expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 605th and 2336th ($2627 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1917th in Ireland and the United States, respectively. Check Ireland vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 17th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Louisville

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	Dublin	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1479	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3211	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2644	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$234	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5541	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.32	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.9	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1213	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8881	$13378

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2186
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2216
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2628
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1767
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1785
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1662
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1713
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2134
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1755
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1968
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1382
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1562
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1969
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2297
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1615
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1390
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1682
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1681
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1710
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1774
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1706
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1675
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1482
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2275
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1556
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1897
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1686
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1497
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1753
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1762
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1714
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1456
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1629
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1574

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974