Dublin vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dublin	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3020	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6615	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$2023	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$3441	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$661	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3998	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	593K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dublin is 20% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 214th and 863rd ($3020 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ireland and Germany, respectively. Check Ireland vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Dublin compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 42nd and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Munich

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	Dublin	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.4	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.3	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.7	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.76	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.02	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2081	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1740	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3773	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2979	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$252	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.84%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8583	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5735	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.33	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.1	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.09	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.61	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.39	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.7	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1409	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12713	$17274

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2464
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2480
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2518
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$2264
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2012
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$2043
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1923
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2373
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1878
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2236
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1485
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1763
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1985
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$3003
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1736
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1646
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1677
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1847
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1831
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1854
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1860
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1942
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1853
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1836
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1669
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2634
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1757
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1796
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1922
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2035
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1789
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1682
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1885
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1890
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1834
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1733
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1791
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1742

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714