Dublin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	96	89
🏙️ Population	593K	1.4M

The cost of living in Dublin is 61% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 315th and 2821st ($2858 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd 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 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 21st and 277th 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	$20.8	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284