The average price for goods and services remains around 4 per cent higher in Dublin than those outside the capital, according to the latest price analysis from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The analysis - which is based on data for 79 goods and services from the CSO's Consumer Price Index - found that prices were on average 4.3 per cent higher in Dublin in November compared to 4.4 per cent in May.
Of the 79 items reviewed, average prices were higher in Dublin for 52 items and lower for 26 items while one item was the same.
The comparison for alcoholic beverages varied greatly between off-licence purchases and drinks consumed on a licensed premises, the CSO said.
Take home drink, average prices were generally comparable, within a range of plus or minus 3 per cent between Dublin and outside Dublin, for all of the items covered.
But for alcohol consumed on a licensed premises, average prices were consistently higher in Dublin.
The greatest difference recorded in November was for a half-pint of lager where the average price was 13.9 per cent higher in Dublin.
Petrol prices were 0.4 per cent higher in Dublin (€1.196 per litre in Dublin compared to €1.191 outside of Dublin) while average diesel prices were 0.3 per cent higher in Dublin.
Seven of the 18 meat products were also more expensive in Dublin with differences for rashers, for instance, being 21.4 per cent more expensive in Dublin in some places.
Higher average prices were recorded in Dublin for four of the five fish products. The differences ranged from 23.3 per cent higher for salmon steak in Dublin to fillets of plaice which were 6.4 per cent cheaper in Dublin.
But all of the ten fruit and vegetable items were more expensive in Dublin than in the rest of the country.
The remaining sixteen food and non-alcoholic beverages products (including milk, cheese, butter, eggs, bread, flour, sugar, tea, spaghetti, preserves and orange juice), nine of the items showed lower average prices in Dublin, including the price of a white sliced pan which was 6.9 per cent cheaper.