Dublin vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dublin	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2627	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5796	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$1748	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$3037	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3727	$1589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	94
😀 Quality of life	96	86
🏙️ Population	593K	4.04M

The cost of living in Dublin is 145% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 605th and 5000th ($2627 vs $1073) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 17th and 302nd 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	$18.3	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1479	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3211	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2644	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$234	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5541	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.32	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.9	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1213	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8881	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581