The price of a pint of lager is on average 13 per cent higher in Dublin than the rest of the State at an average price of €4.20, an official price survey has found.
Meanwhile, at an average price of €3.73, stout drinkers can expect to pay 9 per cent more for their pint in the capital.
The survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of 72 different products and services found that, with a few exceptions, consumers in Dublin pay up to 17 per cent more for most meat, vegetable and drink products.
Average prices were higher in Dublin for 48 products, 32 of them higher by more than 3 per cent. A total of 24 products were marginally lower in price in Dublin, with six products, including milk, bananas, bread and cans of lager being significantly cheaper.
Off-licence prices in the capital were found to be lower than in the rest of the State, which consumer groups said indicated that people were choosing to move away from pubs because of high prices rather than anything else.
The survey found that although price differences were not as pronounced as they were in May when the last survey of this type was taken, there were still significant differences between Dublin and the rest of the State.
It also found wide variations in prices for the same products both in Dublin and the rest of the State, with some products costing more than double in some shops.
It found that meat prices were generally higher in Dublin than in the rest of the country, with consumers paying €8.99 per kilo of roast beef in the capital compared with an average of €8.15 elsewhere. Pork steak was 8.3 per cent more expensive on average at €12.72, and back rashers on average 8 per cent higher at €11.58 per kilo.
There were varying differences in prices for vegetables and other grocery products. The biggest difference in price was for potatoes. A 10-kilo bag cost an average of €6.39 in Dublin compared with €5.44 elsewhere.
Onions were 8 per cent more expensive, tomatoes, 4.6 per cent dearer, and grapes, 4 per cent dearer. Bananas, however, were 6.4 per cent cheaper and low fat milk, 11.8 per cent lower.
Most off-licence prices were also lower in the capital, with cans of cider and lager in the region of 5 per cent cheaper.
However, cinema tickets were over 16 per cent higher.
The price of a woman's wash, cut and blow dry was 11 per cent higher on average in Dublin. There were significant differences between prices for the same product, with grapes showing one of the largest differentials. The most expensive grapes on sale were priced at €7.20 for a kilo, compared with an average of €2.62 in the cheapest shops in the Republic.
CSO officials said that while quality may be a factor in some price differences, much of the difference could not be explained by this alone.
Mr Dermott Jewell, of the Consumers Association if Ireland, said the fact that pub prices in Dublin remained so high indicated "a lack of competition" in the market.
He believed the lower prices in the off-license market indicated a vibrant market and that consumers were choosing to drink at home because of this.
He said the association was also anxious to identify "hot spots" of high prices within Dublin where there is limited competition, and was liaising with the Department of Enterprise and Employment to see if this could be done through the CSO.
Overall the survey showed "the value of shopping around", and that the outlets with the lowest prices should be identified "and rewarded with custom".