Dublin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dublin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2713	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6029	$3619
🏠 One person rent	$1808	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$3147	$1662
🍽️ Food expenses	$585	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3558	$1671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	94	85
🏙️ Population	553K	1.36M

The cost of living in Dublin is 77% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 357th and 3308th ($2713 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ireland and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Ireland vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Dublin compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 35th and 273rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Prague

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	Dublin	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.7	$8.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.5	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$8.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.4	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1838	$926
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3276	$1804
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2713	$1265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$168	$172
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$266
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.56%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7683	$7359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5685	$5167
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.2	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$1.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.97	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.2	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.6	$6.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.03	$9.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.99	$3.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.6	$57.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$10.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.8	$51.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$96	$84
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1364	$583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10404	$11372

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2436
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2283
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2391
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1869
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1744
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1775
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1643
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2183
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1741
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1719
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1305
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1642
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1955
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2244
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1706
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1662
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1494
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1642
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1652
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1713
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1656
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1650
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1519
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2311
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1578
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1669
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1867
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1715
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1358
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1733
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1568
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1467
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1532
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1588

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002