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Cost of living in Dublin

Prices for October 2026

Monthly living costs in Dublin, Ireland, built from prices read directly at the original sources. Choose the number of adults and children to calculate by household size; every price opens its list of sources.

Calculate by household size

Currency

Total per month EUR 2,523 ≈ US$2,825

  • Rent (1-bedroom) EUR 1,926
  • Electricity, water, gas EUR 134
  • Internet & mobile EUR 98
  • Groceries EUR 97
  • Eating out EUR 173
  • Transport EUR 96

Amounts are rounded to the nearest unit, so the parts may differ from the total by 1 or 2 units. International school fees and other reference items are not included. How households are built is explained in How it is calculated.

Housing & utilities

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Rent, 1-bedroom apartment, outside the centre EUR 1,926 / month EUR 1,400 – 2,250 19
19 sources
Rent, 3-bedroom apartment, outside the centre EUR 3,270 / month EUR 2,700 – 3,800 11
11 sources
Electricity, 200 kWh EUR 108 / month EUR 98 – 114 3
3 sources
Electricity, 450 kWh EUR 215 / month EUR 193 – 227 3
3 sources
Water, 4 m³ EUR 0.00 / month EUR 0.00 – 0.00 2
2 sources
Water, 15 m³ EUR 0.00 / month EUR 0.00 – 0.00 2
2 sources
Gas, 100 kWh EUR 25.79 / month EUR 25.06 – 26.64 3
3 sources
Gas, 225 kWh EUR 42.65 / month EUR 41.70 – 44.08 3
3 sources

Internet & mobile

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Fixed internet, 100 Mbps or faster EUR 73.00 / month EUR 70.00 – 75.99 2
2 sources
Mobile plan, 10 GB or more EUR 25.00 / month EUR 20.00 – 29.99 2
2 sources

Groceries

Online retail prices of everyday items; a fixed basket of 15 items.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
White rice EUR 1.29 / kg EUR 0.99 – 1.59 2
1 source
Sandwich bread, 500 g loaf EUR 0.67 / loaf EUR 0.53 – 0.94 4
1 source
Fresh milk EUR 1.14 / litre EUR 1.13 – 1.15 3
1 source
Hen eggs EUR 0.26 / egg EUR 0.24 – 0.27 4
1 source
Chicken breast fillet EUR 10.73 / kg EUR 9.99 – 11.78 3
1 source
Fresh beef EUR 10.95 / kg EUR 9.23 – 11.98 3
2 sources
Tomatoes EUR 4.83 / kg EUR 3.96 – 5.96 3
2 sources
Potatoes EUR 1.85 / kg EUR 1.75 – 2.00 3
2 sources
Onions EUR 1.45 / kg EUR 1.32 – 1.59 2
2 sources
Lettuce EUR 1.06 / head EUR 0.95 – 1.15 3
3 sources
Apples EUR 2.14 / kg EUR 1.79 – 2.49 3
2 sources
Bananas EUR 2.29 / kg EUR 1.82 – 2.77 2
1 source
Oranges EUR 1.38 / kg EUR 1.30 – 1.45 2
1 source
Vegetable cooking oil EUR 3.99 / litre EUR 3.98 – 3.99 2
2 sources
Bottled water, 1.5 litres EUR 1.53 / bottle EUR 1.13 – 1.80 3
1 source

Eating out

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant (main course, soft drink) EUR 12.54 / meal EUR 10.45 – 14.60 4
4 sources
Meal at a mid-range restaurant (starter or dessert, main course, soft drink) EUR 36.32 / meal EUR 34.55 – 37.95 3
3 sources

Transport

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
Monthly public transport pass, adult EUR 96.00 / month EUR 96.00 – 96.00 2
2 sources
Monthly public transport pass, child EUR 0.00 / month EUR 0.00 – 0.00 2
2 sources

School fees (reference)

For reference only; not added to the total.

Item Average price Low – high Samples Sources
International school tuition, Grade 3 EUR 9,514 / year EUR 6,390 – 12,240 4
4 sources

How it is calculated

  1. Prices: each item is the average of samples read straight from the original source: supermarket web shops, official tariffs of electricity, water, gas, mobile and transport operators, rental listings and restaurant menus. No price-aggregator sites are used. Every item opens its list of sources. Rents are for apartments outside the city centre.
  2. Housing: 1 to 2 people rent a 1-bedroom apartment; 3 to 6 people rent a 3-bedroom apartment. The calculator accepts households of up to 6 people because the largest apartment in the data has 3 bedrooms.
  3. Electricity, water, gas: linear interpolation by household size between the 1-person level (electricity 200 kWh, water 4 m³, gas 100 kWh) and the 4-person level (electricity 450 kWh, water 15 m³, gas 225 kWh); above 4 people the same slope is extended. Gas is left out where most apartments cook on electricity.
  4. Groceries: a fixed basket of 15 everyday items at online retail prices, one basket per adult and 0.6 of a basket per child. It is not a household’s full food spending.
  5. Eating out: per adult, 8 meals at an inexpensive restaurant and 2 at a mid-range restaurant a month; children are not counted.
  6. Internet and mobile: one internet plan per household and one mobile plan per adult.
  7. Transport: one adult monthly pass per adult and one child monthly pass per child.
  8. International school fees and other reference items are shown for information and are not added to the total.
  9. Where an item lacks enough data, that part and the total read “Not enough data”. Prosperous Intelligence does not estimate in its place.
  10. Conversion to US dollars uses central-bank exchange rates fixed to one day for the whole batch; the rate date and the dates prices were read are on the Data sources page.

Methodology · Data sources

See also

Cost of Living Index (0–⁠100 scale)  · Country profile: Ireland  · Cities in Ireland  · All cities

Reference data, not financial advice. Prices change over time; this page shows the prices of the month stated at the top.