🇮🇪 Ireland · Europe
Dublin
Literary pubs, Georgian doors, and Guinness that really does taste better here.
citycultureslow☀ best: May – Sep
SHOESTRING
€56/day
dorms, street plates, transit
COMFY
€100/day
private room, sit-down meals, a treat
FLASH
€191/day
nice hotel, good dinners, no maths
🧮 Trip maths
€699 total
What Dublin costs, day to day
🛵 Getting around
FreeNow
Uber
Bolt
Leap card bus/Luas single€1.5–€2.3
Leap 1-day cap€6.9
Leap Visitor 3-day€17
Airlink 747 bus from airport€6.1
🛏 Stays
Per night
Hostel dorm bed€22–€39
Airbnb 1-BR€95–€156
3-star hotel€104–€174
Boutique hotel€191–€347
Monthly
Studio€1,302–€1,910
1-BR, decent area€1,562–€2,257
🛒 Groceries & daily life
Tesco — big weekly shop
Lidl / Aldi — cheapest baskets
Dunnes — Irish full-range
SuperValu — local, pricier
Milk 1L€1.1
Bread€1.6
Eggs 12€3.1
Cheese 1kg€9.5
Chicken 1kg€7.8
Rice 1kg€1.6
Beer 0.5L€1.9
Coffee jar€4.8
🍜 Eating out
Carvery pub lunch€8.7–€13
Fish & chips€7.8–€12
Toastie + pint€8.7–€14
Gastropub dinner€17–€30
Fine-dining tasting€78–€148
🎡 Things to do — with kids
Dublin Zoo€18
EPIC emigration museum€16
Phoenix Park + playgroundsfree
🌙 Things to do — grown-ups
Guinness Storehouse€23–€26
Trinity College + Book of Kells€16–€22
Jameson distillery tour€22–€26
Traditional-music pub crawl€17–€35
🌤 Climate
Day °CSea °CRain
Best: May – Sep · Wet: Oct – Jan
Mild, changeable and often wet — layers and a rain shell any season. Long bright summer evenings are the reward.
✈️ Getting there
RyanairAer LinguseasyJetLondon€17–€56
Edinburgh€22–€61
Paris€26–€74
DUB is close in; the Airlink/747 and cheaper local buses reach the centre in ~30 min. Ryanair and Aer Lingus both hub here.
🏧 ATMs & money
Fees: Bank ATMs are free for withdrawals; convenience-store machines may charge.
Limits: €500–700 per pull typically.
Best machines: AIBBank of IrelandPTSB
Charge in euros, never the home-currency option. Cards work everywhere; little cash needed.
🩺 Health & safety
Vaccines: Routine only.
Health: Tap water fine; Dublin's weather is the health story — layer, it rains sideways.
Tap water: ✅ Safe to drink nationwide; Dublin tap water is fine.
Safety: Dublin is friendly and broadly safe; late-night around parts of the north inner city and the boardwalk can feel edgy — stick to busy streets and taxi home. Pickpockets work Grafton Street crowds.
Emergency: 112 or 999
🛂 Visa & entry
For most short tourist trips, citizens of the US, UK, EU/Schengen, Canada, Australia and New Zealand either enter visa-free or get a simple online authorisation (an eVisa or eTA) before flying. Typical visa-free stays run 30–90 days. Some countries want a visa arranged in advance, and a growing number ask you to fill an online arrival or eVisa form even when 'visa-free' — so always check the official portal for your exact nationality before you book.
Rules change — always verify with an official source for your nationality before you book.
💬 Traveller tips & reports
Drink one street off Temple Bar — A pint in Temple Bar can top €10; walk five minutes to a proper local — Kehoe's, The Long Hall, Grogan's — and it's €5.50, poured with care, with better trad music and actual Dubliners. The tourist quarter is for photos, not pints.
@onemorepint · May '26 · ▲ 101