City comparison
Cost of living in Dublin vs Istanbul
One person needs about €3,040 a month in Dublin and €963 in Istanbul, rent included — Istanbul is 68% cheaper overall.
Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle
Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.
To live in Istanbul the way you live in Dublin on €3,000, you need
€950/ month net
68% less than today (-€2,050)
- Dublin today
- Basket €3,040 · left over -€40 (-1%)
- Istanbul at the matched salary
- Basket €963 · left over -€13 (-1%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 166% over in Istanbul (comfortable) vs 171% in Dublin. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇮🇪 Dublin
Big-tech salaries almost entirely absorbed by a chronic housing shortage.
Monthly budget: €3,040
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
🇹🇷 Istanbul
Enormous, cheap in euro terms, but inflation reprices everything every few months.
Monthly budget: €963
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
Should you move to Dublin or Istanbul?
On salary, Dublin pays more for tech roles (€5,200 versus €1,600 a month), so the money left over after costs is €2,160 in Dublin at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €2,100 in Dublin against €550 in Istanbul. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Dublin at 63 and Istanbul at 70 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.