Dublin vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$1378
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	96	94
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	593K	4.04M

The cost of living in Dublin is 152% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 315th and 4867th ($2858 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Ireland and Taiwan, respectively. Check Ireland vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 21st and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs New Taipei

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	Dublin	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$17207

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589