Dublin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dublin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2810	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6242	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$1872	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$3267	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3754	$1865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	92
😀 Quality of life	95	86
🏙️ Population	593K	1.38M

The cost of living in Dublin is 71% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 300th and 3084th ($2810 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.3 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 21st and 292nd 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	$19.6	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.7	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1887	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1582	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3404	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2823	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$277	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7861	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6156	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.79	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.6	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.29	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.12	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.2	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1381	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9488	$12545

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2528
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2362
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2492
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1930
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1933
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1854
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1805
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2207
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1830
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1989
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1467
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1650
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2066
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2427
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1761
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1491
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1647
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1755
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1761
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1784
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1889
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1789
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1749
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1556
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2459
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1675
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1694
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1957
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1797
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1529
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1824
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1844
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1783
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1585
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1763
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1659

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141