Dublin vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	96	99
😀 Quality of life	96	97
🏙️ Population	593K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dublin is 14% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 315th and 843rd ($2858 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Ireland and France, respectively. Check Ireland vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 21st and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Paris

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	Dublin	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$15084

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488