Dublin vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dublin	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2992	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6629	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1987	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$3461	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$663	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	96	90
😀 Quality of life	95	94
🏙️ Population	593K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dublin is 20% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 223rd and 889th ($2992 vs $2499) 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 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 36th and 38th 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	$20.5	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.7	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.58	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2108	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1693	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3809	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2999	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$249	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8392	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6209	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.36	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$102	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.1	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.84	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.04	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.85	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.5	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$119	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1316	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10947	$16629

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2472
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2515
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2627
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$2179
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2055
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$2074
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1945
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2423
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1954
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2265
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1496
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1769
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2236
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2978
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1764
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1620
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1718
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1873
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1862
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1895
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1888
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1998
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1893
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1861
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1677
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2524
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1784
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1804
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1951
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2047
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1815
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1686
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1907
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1928
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1873
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1754
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1819
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1718

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748