Cost of living comparison
Dublin is 13.9% more expensive than Dallas.
If you lived in Dublin instead of Dallas, you would:
pay 4.5% more for restaurants
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$20.00
|
$21.66
€19.52
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$10.83
€9.76
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.62
|
$2.66
€2.40
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.08
|
$2.08
€1.87
|
|
pay 10.0% less for groceries
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.53
|
$1.80
€1.62
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.45
|
$3.97
€3.58
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.57
|
$5.30
€4.77
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.48
|
$4.14
€3.73
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.73
|
$4.61
€4.16
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.22
|
$1.32
€1.19
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.67
|
$1.01
€0.91
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.18
|
$1.35
€1.22
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.99
|
$1.74
€1.57
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
|
$0.91
€0.82
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.31
|
$0.72
€0.65
|
|
pay 56.6% more for transportation
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.06
|
$7.20
€6.49
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$95.00
|
$129.96
€117.11
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$32,000.00
|
$39,718.55
€35,791.58
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$16.92
|
$22.04
€19.86
|
|
pay 13.4% more for housing
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$70.43
|
$56.72
€51.11
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,818.27
|
$2,216.44
€1,997.30
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,497.38
|
$1,934.10
€1,742.88
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$186.04
|
$227.14
€204.68
|
|
pay 5.1% more for childcare
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,053.33
|
$1,385.73
€1,248.72
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$13,500.00
|
$10,612.44
€9,563.19
|
|
pay 25.4% more for entertainment and sports
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.00
|
$7.04
€6.34
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.38
|
$4.29
€3.87
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$9.98
|
$17.33
€15.61
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.12
|
$50.46
€45.47
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$14.00
|
$14.08
€12.69
|
|
pay 2.2% more for clothing
Dallas
|
Dublin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.41
|
$93.14
€83.93
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$47.50
|
$40.93
€36.88
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$100.68
|
$97.04
€87.45
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$134.93
|
$100.46
€90.53
|
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