Dublin vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dublin	Santo Domingo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2810	$1046
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6242	$2757
🏠 One person rent	$1872	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$3267	$985
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3754	$527
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	95	44
😀 Quality of life	95	57
🏙️ Population	593K	1.13M

The cost of living in Dublin is 169% more expensive than in Santo Domingo. Cities ranked 300th and 5318th ($2810 vs $1046) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ireland and the Dominican Republic, respectively. Check Ireland vs the Dominican Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Dublin compared to 0.5 months in Santo Domingo. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Santo Domingo ranked 1st in the Dominican Republic, while ranked 21st and 5688th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Dublin vs Santo Domingo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dublin/santo-domingo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dublin vs Santo Domingo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dublin/santo-domingo" target="_blank">Dublin vs Santo Domingo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dublin vs Santo Domingo

Prices for goods and services in Dublin and Santo Domingo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dublin	Santo Domingo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$6.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.7	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1887	$601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1582	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3404	$1316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2823	$767
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$277	$71.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.37%	13.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7861	$1857
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6156	$1352
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.25	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$69.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.79	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.6	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.29	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.12	$2.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.3	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$6.68
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.2	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$9.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$98.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1381	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9488	$6229

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Santo Domingo

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	San Cristobal	$831
30 km or 19 mi	Boca Chica	$838
51 km or 31 mi	Bani	$709
62 km or 39 mi	San Pedro de Macoris	$731
70 km or 44 mi	Cotui	$660
74 km or 46 mi	Bonao	$542
89 km or 55 mi	Azua	$791
96 km or 59 mi	El Seibo	$748
98 km or 61 mi	La Romana	$685
99 km or 61 mi	San Francisco de Macoris	$527
100 km or 62 mi	Samana	$718
101 km or 62 mi	Nagua	$809
106 km or 66 mi	Jarabacoa	$758
107 km or 66 mi	La Vega	$573
126 km or 78 mi	Higuey	$769
131 km or 81 mi	Barahona	$728
138 km or 85 mi	Santiago de los Caballeros	$794
146 km or 90 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$625
152 km or 94 mi	Cabarete	$790
156 km or 97 mi	Sosua	$964
161 km or 100 mi	Punta Cana	$1023
169 km or 105 mi	Puerto Plata	$766
174 km or 108 mi	Mao	$740
190 km or 118 mi	Sabaneta	$727
213 km or 132 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$513
252 km or 157 mi	Petion-Ville	$529
254 km or 158 mi	Delmas	$524
258 km or 160 mi	Port-au-Prince	$549
264 km or 164 mi	Carrefour	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Cap-Haitien	$520
286 km or 177 mi	Aguada	$1314
289 km or 180 mi	Aguadilla	$1230
292 km or 182 mi	Mayaguez	$1237
293 km or 182 mi	Cabo Rojo	$1114
298 km or 185 mi	Isabela	$1425
304 km or 189 mi	Saint-Marc	$516
304 km or 189 mi	San German	$1523
307 km or 191 mi	San Sebastian	$1527
312 km or 194 mi	Quebradillas	$1458
313 km or 194 mi	Gonaives	$527