Dublin vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$809
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	96	47
😀 Quality of life	96	43
🏙️ Population	593K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dublin is 755% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 315th and 9121st ($2858 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 21st in Ireland and Pakistan, respectively. Check Ireland vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 21st and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Peshawar

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	Dublin	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684