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The cost of a pint of beer around the world
Find out where in the world you'd pay a whopping $19.36 for a pint of beer.
We have compiled data on the average prices of beer in the most populated cities around the world. The analysis looks at 177 countries so you can find out where your city ranks. Read on to find out where New Zealand sits globally and how beer prices compare between New Zealand’s major cities. For everything from flights to hotels to travel insurance, check out Finders travel guide.
The full list of countries
The cost for a pint ranges from $1.08 in Zambia all the way up to $19.36 in Dubai, a slight decrease from last year’s prices, which spanned from $0.62 in Venezuela to $21.18 in Qatar.
Auckland comes in pricier than most other cities, with the average cost of $11.10 for a pint coming in as the 12th most expensive of the 177 cities. Compared to the world average for the 177 countries in 2021 ($4.77, up 4% from last year’s world average of $4.60), Auckland charges more than double (133% higher) for a local pint.
The 5 cities with the most expensive beer
1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates $19.36
2. Doha, Qatar $18.52
3. Oslo, Norway $15.27
4. Muscat, Oman $14.26
5. Reykjavik, Iceland $12.55
The 5 cities with the cheapest beer
1. Lusaka, Zambia $1.08
2. Freetown, Sierra Leone $1.18
3. Lagos, Nigeria $1.31
4. Antananarivo, Madagascar $1.36
5. Tashkent, Uzbekistan $1.38
| Country | City | Price of pint 2020 | Price of a pint 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | Lusaka | $1.11 | $1.08 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | $0.80 | $1.18 |
| Nigeria | Lagos | $1.21 | $1.31 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | $1.21 | $1.36 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | $1.56 | $1.38 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | $1.48 | $1.43 |
| Togo | Lome | $1.62 | $1.47 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | $1.99 | $1.48 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | $1.52 | $1.50 |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | $1.35 | $1.53 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | $2.05 | $1.53 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | $1.25 | $1.53 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | $1.70 | $1.54 |
| Uganda | Kampala | $1.46 | $1.56 |
| Philippines | Quezon City | $1.87 | $1.60 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | $1.48 | $1.65 |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | $1.70 | $1.66 |
| Laos | Vientiane | $1.99 | $1.67 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | $1.77 | $1.68 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | $2.30 | $1.70 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | $1.46 | $1.72 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | $1.99 | $1.78 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | $1.95 | $1.79 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | $2.83 | $1.79 |
| Benin | Cotonou | $1.68 | $1.81 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | $1.62 | $1.87 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | $2.07 | $1.87 |
| Ghana | Accra | $1.62 | $1.88 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | $0.62 | $1.91 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Yangon | $1.79 | $1.91 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | $2.20 | $1.97 |
| Moldova | Chişinău | $1.81 | $2.00 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | $1.52 | $2.01 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | $5.28 | $2.07 |
| Paraguay | Asuncion | $1.50 | $2.14 |
| Ukraine | Kiev | $1.46 | $2.15 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | $2.24 | $2.16 |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | $1.95 | $2.18 |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil | $2.34 | $2.22 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | $1.95 | $2.26 |
| Hungary | Budapest | $2.26 | $2.29 |
| Gabon | Libreville | $1.76 | $2.30 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | $2.03 | $2.30 |
| Cameroon | Douala | $1.81 | $2.31 |
| Belarus | Minsk | $2.93 | $2.32 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | $1.48 | $2.36 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | $2.30 | $2.47 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | $2.94 | $2.48 |
| Kosovo | Prishtina | $2.65 | $2.54 |
| Czech Rep. | Prague | $2.32 | $2.56 |
| Macedonia | Skopje | $2.57 | $2.56 |
| Guinea Bissau | Bissau | $1.46 | $2.58 |
| Brazil | São Paulo | $3.43 | $2.60 |
| Virgin Islands | Road Town | $4.72 | $2.62 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | $1.99 | $2.65 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | $1.81 | $2.69 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | $4.68 | $2.69 |
| DRC | Kinshasa | $2.34 | $2.74 |
| Sri lanka | Colombo | $2.52 | $2.75 |
| Romania | Bucharest | $2.18 | $2.76 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | $4.49 | $2.76 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | $2.73 | $2.77 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | $2.26 | $2.77 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | $2.18 | $2.81 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | $2.91 | $2.84 |
| Senegal | Dakar | $2.69 | $2.86 |
| Cote d Ivoire | Abidjan | $1.62 | $2.87 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | $3.92 | $2.88 |
| Peru | Lima | $3.12 | $2.97 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | $2.40 | $2.99 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | $2.57 | $3.00 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | $3.53 | $3.00 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | $2.09 | $3.00 |
| Cuba | Havana | $3.12 | $3.01 |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan | $3.12 | $3.02 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | $2.65 | $3.09 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | $3.22 | $3.10 |
| Belize | Belize City | $3.12 | $3.14 |
| Niger | Niamey | $1.21 | $3.18 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | $3.12 | $3.19 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | $3.14 | $3.20 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | $3.67 | $3.20 |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | $3.14 | $3.25 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | $3.53 | $3.26 |
| South africa | Johannesburg | $2.71 | $3.37 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | $2.91 | $3.42 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | $3.72 | $3.47 |
| Egypt | Cairo | $2.89 | $3.50 |
| Pakistan | Karachi | $3.12 | $3.50 |
| Libya | Tripoli | $4.19 | $3.58 |
| Samoa | Apia | $2.91 | $3.62 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | $4.13 | $3.62 |
| Albania | Tirana | $2.13 | $3.64 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | $4.06 | $3.68 |
| Central african republic | Bangui | $2.05 | $3.68 |
| Poland | Warsaw | $3.18 | $3.78 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Bata | $2.69 | $3.81 |
| Turkey | Istanbul | $3.59 | $3.83 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | $3.53 | $4.01 |
| Curacao | Willemstad | $3.80 | $4.15 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | $3.61 | $4.19 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | $2.93 | $4.23 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | $3.12 | $4.27 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | $5.28 | $4.38 |
| India | Mumbai | $2.98 | $4.39 |
| Russia | Moscow | $4.89 | $4.40 |
| Mali | Bamako | $3.14 | $4.47 |
| Panama | Panama City | $3.14 | $4.48 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | $3.53 | $4.49 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | $4.41 | $4.55 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | $3.86 | $4.56 |
| Hong Kong | Kowloon | $10.06 | $4.65 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | $5.11 | $4.66 |
| Angola | Luanda | $2.79 | $4.73 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | $3.45 | $4.73 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | $3.88 | $4.79 |
| East Timor | Dili | $4.31 | $4.90 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | $3.69 | $4.95 |
| Algeria | Algiers | $2.42 | $4.99 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | $4.49 | $5.01 |
| Chile | Santiago | $4.76 | $5.26 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | $5.28 | $5.28 |
| China | Shanghai | $6.20 | $5.52 |
| Guinea | Conakry | $7.80 | $5.53 |
| French Guiana | Cayenne | $4.41 | $5.60 |
| South korea | Seoul | $5.11 | $5.70 |
| Morocco | Casablanca | $4.88 | $5.75 |
| Latvia | Riga | $4.23 | $5.80 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | $5.07 | $5.84 |
| Germany | Berlin | $6.16 | $5.93 |
| Spain | Madrid | $4.41 | $6.08 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | $6.59 | $6.14 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | San Antonio | $7.86 | $6.16 |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | $5.85 | $6.39 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | $5.34 | $6.39 |
| Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | $7.47 | $6.41 |
| Austria | Vienna | $6.96 | $6.41 |
| Japan | Tokyo | $6.57 | $6.58 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | $5.28 | $6.60 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | $8.74 | $6.65 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | $5.46 | $6.67 |
| Belgium | Brussels | $7.06 | $6.73 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | $7.06 | $6.77 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | $6.63 | $7.10 |
| Greece | Athens | $7.06 | $7.25 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | $7.74 | $7.58 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | $8.78 | $7.60 |
| Canada | Toronto | $6.90 | $7.87 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | $7.00 | $8.10 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | $7.94 | $8.13 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | $3.92 | $8.41 |
| Italy | Rome | $7.94 | $8.48 |
| Australia | Sydney | $8.66 | $8.57 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | $6.40 | $8.75 |
| Ireland | Dublin | $8.81 | $9.65 |
| Finland | Helsinki | $10.57 | $9.85 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | $5.46 | $9.99 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | $10.65 | $10.28 |
| Maldives | Male | $4.89 | $10.34 |
| United Kingdom | London | $10.12 | $10.39 |
| Jordan | Amman | $11.00 | $10.57 |
| Switzerland | Zürich | $11.54 | $10.74 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | $11.10 | $10.95 |
| Singapore | Singapore | $11.23 | $10.96 |
| Mayotte | Mamoudzou | $12.36 | $11.06 |
| United States | New York City | $14.10 | $11.12 |
| New Caledonia | Nouméa | $11.82 | $11.13 |
| New Zealand | Auckland | $9.07 | $11.10 |
| Bahrain | Manama | $14.45 | $11.47 |
| Åland Islands | Mariehamn | $12.32 | $11.47 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | $13.65 | $11.59 |
| France | Paris | $10.57 | $11.71 |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | $13.51 | $12.55 |
| Oman | Muscat | $12.15 | $14.26 |
| Norway | Oslo | $14.76 | $15.27 |
| Qatar | Doha | $21.18 | $18.52 |
| UAE | Dubai | $16.97 | $19.36 |
| $4.77 |
The price of a pint in New Zealand
Auckland takes the prize for the city with the most expensive beer in the country, with a standard pint costing an average of $11.10. This is followed by Wellington ($10.05).
Out of the 7 cities analysed, the cheapest place to grab a beer is Napier, where a pint costs $9.06 on average. That’s $2.04 cheaper than in Auckland, and $0.89 cheaper than the national average across the cities we analysed.
Following Napier, Dunedin ($9.77) and Hamilton ($9.86) would be your best bets to pick up an affordable pint.
| City | Average price of pint |
|---|---|
| Auckland | $11.10 |
| Wellington | $10.05 |
| Queenstown | $9.94 |
| Christchurch | $9.90 |
| Hamilton | $9.86 |
| Dunedin | $9.77 |
| Napier | $9.06 |
Methodology
The numbers in this piece are based on Finder analysis of pub, bar and restaurant menus in each New Zealand location to develop an average. The average price of a pint in other countries is based on data from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo as of April 2021. The majority of values were averaged from the two sites. In the few cases when this was not possible, data from Numbeo or Expatistan was used alone. Data from Finder’s analysis in New Zealand is consistent with data from Expatistan and Numbeo sites.
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