The average price of a coffee in 2025 ranges from a bargain of 84p in Madagascar up to more than £5 in Zurich, Switzerland and almost £5 in Copenhagen, Denmark. When taking into account all capital cities analysed, the global average price for a coffee is £2.55 in 2025. This is only slightly cheaper than the average cost of a pint around the world.
1. Zürich, Switzerland £5.11
2. Denmark, Copenhagen £4.98
3. Manama, Bahrain £4.78
4. New York City, United States £4.74
5. Dubai, United Arab Emirates £4.54
1. Antananarivo, Madagascar £0.84
2. Asmara, Eritrea £0.87
3. Tunis, Tunisia £0.89
4. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia £0.93
5. Vientiane, Laos £1.09
| Country | City | Average coffee price |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | Zürich | £5.11 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | £4.98 |
| Bahrain | Manama | £4.78 |
| United States | New York City | £4.74 |
| UAE | Dubai | £4.54 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | £4.45 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | £4.43 |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | £4.41 |
| Qatar | Doha | £4.38 |
| Angola | Luanda | £4.16 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | £4.11 |
| Singapore | Singapore | £3.95 |
| Costa Rica | San José | £3.86 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | £3.84 |
| Oman | Muscat | £3.83 |
| Finland | Helsinki | £3.83 |
| Norway | Oslo | £3.82 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | £3.79 |
| France | Paris | £3.77 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | £3.74 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | £3.74 |
| United Kingdom | London | £3.68 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | £3.67 |
| Jordan | Amman | £3.65 |
| Gabon | Libreville | £3.65 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | £3.58 |
| Benin | Cotonou | £3.58 |
| Poland | Warsaw | £3.56 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | £3.54 |
| Greece | Athens | £3.40 |
| Panama | Panama City | £3.40 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | £3.37 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | £3.36 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | £3.29 |
| Canada | Toronto | £3.27 |
| Austria | Vienna | £3.27 |
| Ireland | Dublin | £3.27 |
| DRC | Kinshasa | £3.26 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | £3.26 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | £3.22 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | £3.19 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | £3.14 |
| Belgium | Brussels | £3.14 |
| Rep. of the Congo | Brazzaville | £3.12 |
| Senegal | Dakar | £3.11 |
| Mali | Bamako | £3.11 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | £3.11 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | £3.11 |
| Belize | Belize City | £3.08 |
| Germany | Berlin | £3.05 |
| Turkey | Istanbul | £3.03 |
| East Timor | Dili | £2.98 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | £2.97 |
| French Guinea | Cayenne | £2.96 |
| Peru | Lima | £2.95 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | £2.94 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | £2.90 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | £2.90 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | £2.86 |
| Chile | Santiago | £2.85 |
| Latvia | Riga | £2.85 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | £2.84 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | £2.84 |
| China | Beijing | £2.83 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | £2.81 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | £2.80 |
| Guinea | Conakry | £2.79 |
| South Korea | Seoul | £2.75 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | £2.74 |
| Japan | Tokyo | £2.70 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | £2.70 |
| Togo | Lomé | £2.65 |
| New Zealand | Auckland | £2.65 |
| India | Mumbai | £2.62 |
| Uganda | Kampala | £2.58 |
| Australia | Sydney | £2.58 |
| Spain | Madrid | £2.56 |
| Ghana | Accra | £2.56 |
| Czech Republic | Prague | £2.49 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | £2.46 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | £2.46 |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil | £2.44 |
| Bolivia | La Paz | £2.43 |
| Maldives | Malé | £2.41 |
| Romania | Bucharest | £2.37 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | £2.37 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | £2.33 |
| Hungary | Budapest | £2.31 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | £2.28 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | £2.26 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | £2.25 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | Abidjan | £2.25 |
| Philippines | Manila | £2.22 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | £2.22 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | £2.21 |
| Papau New Guinea | Port Moresby | £2.21 |
| Russia | Moscow | £2.17 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | £2.16 |
| Malta | Valletta | £2.16 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | £2.13 |
| Saint VIncent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | £2.12 |
| Niger | Niamey | £2.11 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | £2.11 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | £2.08 |
| Cuba | Havana | £2.08 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | £2.04 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | £2.04 |
| Burundi | Bujumbura | £2.03 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | £2.03 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | £1.99 |
| Morocco | Casablanca | £1.98 |
| Paraguay | Asunción | £1.96 |
| Myanmar (Burma) | Yangon | £1.95 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | £1.92 |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | £1.92 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | £1.88 |
| Pakistan | Karachi | £1.86 |
| Guinea Bissau | Bissau | £1.81 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | £1.77 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | £1.77 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | £1.76 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | £1.74 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | £1.74 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | £1.67 |
| Kyrgyztan | Bishkek | £1.67 |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | £1.67 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | £1.66 |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | £1.65 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | £1.62 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | £1.61 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | £1.60 |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | £1.59 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | £1.59 |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | £1.57 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | £1.56 |
| Albania | Tirana | £1.54 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | £1.53 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | £1.49 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovinia | Sarajevo | £1.48 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | £1.45 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | £1.44 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | £1.41 |
| Italy | Rome | £1.38 |
| Belarus | Minsk | £1.36 |
| Moldova | Chișinău | £1.35 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | £1.34 |
| Cameroon | Douala | £1.31 |
| Nigeria | Abuja | £1.28 |
| Samoa | Apia | £1.25 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | £1.25 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | £1.25 |
| Algeria | Algiers [El Djazaïr] | £1.22 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | £1.21 |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | £1.19 |
| Egypt | Cairo | £1.17 |
| Kosovo | Prishtina | £1.13 |
| Laos | Vientiane | £1.09 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | £0.93 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | £0.89 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | £0.87 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | £0.84 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | £0.84 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | £0.81 |
The average cost of a coffee in the UK in 2025 is £3.35.
The cheapest places to get a coffee (out of the 42 cities and large towns analysed) are Milton Keynes and Leicester at just £2.69 on average. This is 66p less than the UK average and every little helps!
Kingston upon Hull and Gloucester are the next cheapest cities to buy a coffee, with prices of £2.82 and £2.85 on average.
The most expensive city to buy a coffee is, unsurprisingly, the capital London, with an average price of £3.73, although many shops will charge more than that. Cambridge, Edinburgh and Sunderland are the next most expensive cities for a cup of coffee, at £3.72 on average, while Bristol and Manchester also come near the top, with an average coffee price of £3.65.
The number of major UK cities and towns with an average coffee price of more than £3.50 has increased in the past year. In 2024, just 4 cities had an average price of more than £3.50 but, in 2025, this has risen to 12 towns and cities.
1. London £3.73
2. Cambridge £3.72
3. Edinburgh £3.72
4. Sunderland £3.72
5. Bristol £3.65
1. Aberystwyth £2.77
2. Milton Keynes £2.83
3. Stirling £2.85
4. Derby £2.86
5. Stoke-on-Trent £2.91
| UK city or town | Average coffee price |
|---|---|
| London | £3.73 |
| Cambridge | £3.72 |
| Edinburgh | £3.72 |
| Sunderland | £3.72 |
| Bristol | £3.65 |
| Manchester | £3.65 |
| Dundee | £3.59 |
| Coventry | £3.57 |
| Glasgow | £3.55 |
| Inverness | £3.55 |
| Portsmouth | £3.53 |
| Reading | £3.52 |
| Sheffield | £3.45 |
| Brighton and Hove | £3.44 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £3.44 |
| York | £3.44 |
| Leeds | £3.41 |
| Belfast | £3.40 |
| Plymouth | £3.39 |
| Cardiff | £3.39 |
| Liverpool | £3.37 |
| Aberdeen | £3.37 |
| Nottingham | £3.34 |
| Peterborough | £3.34 |
| Southend-on-Sea | £3.34 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £3.34 |
| Exeter | £3.32 |
| Northampton | £3.32 |
| Swansea | £3.32 |
| Birmingham | £3.31 |
| Perth | £3.30 |
| Norwich | £3.29 |
| Southampton | £3.24 |
| Oxford | £3.24 |
| Preston | £3.19 |
| Derby | £3.10 |
| Bournemouth | £3.08 |
| Stirling | £2.88 |
| Gloucester | £2.85 |
| Kingston upon Hull | £2.82 |
| Leicester | £2.69 |
| Milton Keynes | £2.69 |
The numbers in this piece are based on data from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo as of March 2025. 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.
Matt Mckenna
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