Dublin vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$2015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$4668
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$1177
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$2051
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$499
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$189
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$2580
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	98
😀 Quality of life	96	92
🏙️ Population	593K	3.42M

The cost of living in Dublin is 42% more expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 315th and 1962nd ($2858 vs $2015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Ireland and Spain, respectively. Check Ireland vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 21st and 142nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dublin vs Madrid infographic

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

Prices in Dublin vs Madrid

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

	Dublin	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$62.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$4.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$1341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$959
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$2482
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$1691
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$8353
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$4881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$3.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$6.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$70.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$678
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$12418

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1870
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1656
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1703
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1592
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1581
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1573
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1194
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1325
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1385
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1217
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1346
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1400
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1367
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1189
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$893
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1225
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1337
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1343
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1464
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1312
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1407
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1118
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$1225
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1414
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1369
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1490
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1457
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1272
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1685
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1303
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$1133
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1345
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1233
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1320
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$913
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1382
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1344
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1703