Dublin vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dublin	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2627	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5796	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$1748	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$3037	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$168	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3727	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	95	93
😀 Quality of life	96	87
🏙️ Population	593K	1.38M

The cost of living in Dublin is 74% more expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 605th and 3363rd ($2627 vs $1513) 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 1.2 months in Prague. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 17th and 285th 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	$18.3	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1479	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3211	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2644	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$234	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6999	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5541	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.7	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.58	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.32	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.9	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.75	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.4	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1213	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8881	$12277

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2186
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2216
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2628
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1767
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1785
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1662
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1713
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2134
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1755
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1968
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1382
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1562
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1969
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2297
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1615
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1390
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1682
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1681
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1710
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1774
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1706
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1675
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1482
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2275
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1556
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1897
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1686
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1497
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1753
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1762
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1714
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1456
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1629
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1574

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120