The average price of a pint in the UK and around the world

Discover the average price of a pint of beer in UK and global cities.

What is the average cost of a pint?

  • The average cost of a pint in the UK is £5.50.
  • The average cost of a pint in London is £6.75, the most expensive city in the UK.
  • The average cost of a pint in major cities around the world is £2.85.
We have compiled data on the average prices of beer in the most populated cities around the world. The analysis looks at 164 countries so you can find out where your city ranks and where you can save on pints. Read on to find out where the UK sits globally and, if you’re looking to save up some beer money, you might also consider a switching offer for some extra cash.

How much is a pint of beer around the world?

The cost of a pint of beer in 2025 ranges from £0.48 in the capital of Ethiopia all the way up to £10.04 in Dubai, UAE. The world average cost for a pint from the 164 major cities in countries around the world analysed is £2.85 in 2026, up slightly from £2.76 in 2025.

The UK’s capital London falls on the pricier side, with the average cost of £6.75 for a pint coming in as the 10th most expensive in countries around the world. London charges more than double the world average.

The 5 cities with the most expensive beer

1. Dubai, United Arab Emirates £10.04
2. Doha, Qatar £10
3. Muscat, Oman £9.63
4. Reykjavik, Iceland £9.28
5. Oslo, Norway £8.66

The 5 cities with the cheapest beer

2. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia £0.48
1. Antananarivoseru, Madagascar £0.69
5. Lagos, Nigeria £0.71
4. Kigali, Rwanda £0.73
3. Lome, Togo £0.74

Country City Average price of a pint
UAE Dubai £10.04
Qatar Doha £10.00
Oman Muscat £9.63
Iceland Reykjavik £9.28
Norway Oslo £8.66
Greenland (Den.) Nuuk £8.28
Monaco Monte Carlo £8.04
Switzerland Zürich £7.28
Denmark Copenhagen £7.00
United Kingdom London £6.75
France Paris £6.55
Ireland Dublin £6.55
Finland Helsinki £6.49
US New York £6.46
Singapore Singapore £6.41
Jordan Amman £6.03
Sweden Stockholm £5.93
Australia Sydney £5.58
Liechtenstein Vaduz £5.48
Netherlands Amsterdam £5.44
Bahrain Manama £5.33
New Zealand Auckland £5.31
Estonia Tallinn £5.12
Luxembourg Luxembourg £5.01
Canada Toronto £5.01
Seychelles Victoria £5.01
Austria Vienna £4.78
Italy Rome £4.62
Greece Athens £4.62
Latvia Riga £4.30
Turkmenistan Ashgabat £4.23
Belgium Brussels £4.15
Bahamas Nassau £4.13
Poland Warsaw £4.01
Djibouti Djibouti £3.97
Lithuania Vilnius £3.96
Spain Madrid £3.95
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur £3.80
Germany Berlin £3.76
French Guiana Cayenne £3.73
Vanuatu Port Vila £3.61
Lebanon Beirut £3.57
Uruguay Montevideo £3.53
Malta Valetta £3.52
Cyprus Nicosia £3.48
San Marino San Marino £3.47
Turkey Istanbul £3.40
Rep. of the Congo Brazzaville £3.32
Morocco Casablanca £3.23
Russia Moscow £3.15
Chile Santiago £3.11
Iraq Baghdad £2.93
Argentina Buenos Aires £2.87
Japan Tokyo £2.81
Solomon Islands Honiara £2.80
Hungary Budapest £2.78
Mexico Mexico City £2.64
Thailand Bangkok £2.63
Slovenia Ljubljana £2.63
Romania Bucharest £2.61
Bulgaria Sofia £2.59
Mauritius Port Louis £2.58
Albania Tirana £2.58
South Korea Seoul £2.54
Serbia Belgrade £2.53
Costa Rica San José £2.53
India Mumbai £2.48
East Timor Dili £2.45
Guatemala Guatemala City £2.44
Croatia Zagreb £2.42
Montenegro Podgorica £2.40
Fiji Suva £2.40
Portugal Lisbon £2.39
Andorra Andorra la Vella £2.36
Indonesia Jakarta £2.28
Slovakia Bratislava £2.23
Georgia Tbilisi £2.22
Nepal Kathmandu £2.21
Central African Republic Bangui £2.19
Equatorial Guinea Bata £2.19
Panama Panama City £2.17
Armenia Yerevan £2.15
Czechia Prague £2.13
Guinea Conakry £2.13
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby £2.12
Peru Lima £2.10
Kazakhstan Almaty £2.08
Senegal Dakar £2.08
Algeria Algiers £2.05
Liberia Monrovia £2.03
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo £2.02
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo £2.02
Brazil São Paulo £2.00
Suriname Paramaribo £2.00
Belize Belize City £1.99
North Macedonia Skopje £1.97
Barbados Bridgetown £1.94
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain £1.85
Jamaica Kingston £1.83
Saint Lucia Castries £1.83
Chad N'Djamena £1.82
Sri Lanka Colombo £1.81
Bolivia La Paz £1.81
Kenya Nairobi £1.79
South Africa Johannesburg £1.78
Ecuador Guayaquil £1.77
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar £1.76
Kosovo Pristina £1.74
Gabon Libreville £1.74
Cape Verde Praia £1.73
Botswana Gaborone £1.71
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre £1.64
Philippines Manila £1.62
Tajikistan Dushanbe £1.59
Mali Bamako £1.55
DRC Kinshasa £1.53
Tunisia Tunis £1.53
Belarus Minsk £1.52
Guyana Georgetown £1.50
El Salvador San Salvador £1.49
Zimbabwe Harare £1.48
Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan £1.48
Cuba Havana £1.48
Moldova Chişinău £1.47
Burundi Bujumbura £1.43
Bhutan Thimphu £1.41
Azerbaijan Baku £1.40
Zambia Lusaka £1.35
Namibia Windhoek £1.35
Syria Damascus £1.33
Ukraine Kyiv £1.27
Uzbekistan Tashkent £1.26
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City £1.25
Niger Niamey £1.25
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown £1.23
Honduras Tegucigalpa £1.21
Paraguay Asuncion £1.20
Cameroon Douala £1.18
Guinea Bissau Bissau £1.16
Egypt Cairo £1.13
Cambodia Phnom Penh £1.12
Colombia Bogotá £1.11
Ghana Accra £1.11
Venezuela Caracas £1.08
China Shanghai £1.08
Lesotho Maseru £1.07
Mozambique Maputo £1.02
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek £1.01
Nicaragua Managua £0.99
Benin Cotonou £0.99
Malawi Lilongwe £0.97
Angola Luanda £0.95
Eritrea Asmara £0.94
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou £0.94
Uganda Kampala £0.93
Sierra Leone Freetown £0.89
Myanmar (Burma) Yangon £0.88
Tanzania Dar es Salaam £0.82
Laos Vientiane £0.75
Togo Lome £0.74
Rwanda Kigali £0.73
Nigeria Lagos £0.71
Madagascar Antananarivo £0.69
Ethiopia Addis Ababa £0.48

What is the average price of a pint in the UK?

The average cost of a pint in the UK in 2026 is £5.50. This has increased by 6% from an average of £5.17 in 2024.

The cheapest places to get a pint (out of the 56 cities analysed) are Doncaster and Bradford. A beer here will cost you £3.25, which is £1.83 less than the UK average of £5.50.

Hull is the next cheapest city to buy a beer, with an average price of £3.36. It’s followed by Sunderland (£3.50) and Dundee (£3.99).

On the pricier side, Oxford is the second most expensive city to buy a beer, charging £6.36 on average. It’s followed by Brighton (£6.25), while Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh and Winchester all have an average pint price of £6.

How much is a pint in London?

A pint of beer will cost you £6.75 on average in London – the UK’s most expensive city to grab a drink. This is up 14% from an average price of £5.90 in 2023. A London pint is £1.25 more than the UK average and £3.50 more than the UK’s cheapest city.

The 5 UK cities with the most expensive beer

1. London £6.75
2. Oxford £6.36
3. Brighton £6.25
4. Bath £6
5. Bristol £6

The 5 UK cities with the cheapest beer

1. Doncaster £3.25
2. Bradford £3.25
3. Hull £3.36
4. Sunderland £3.50
5. Dundee £3.99

City Average price of a pint
London £6.75
Oxford £6.36
Brighton £6.25
Bath £6.00
Bristol £6.00
Edinburgh £6.00
Winchester £6.00
Belfast £5.97
Manchester £5.72
Southampton £5.54
Canterbury £5.50
Chelmsford £5.50
Cambridge £5.44
Newcastle-upon-Tyne £5.28
Leeds £5.24
Colchester £5.22
Exeter £5.21
Cardiff £5.18
Norwich £5.11
Lancaster £5.10
Birmingham £5.04
Bangor £5.00
Chester £5.00
Lincoln £5.00
Milton Keynes £5.00
Truro £5.00
Worcester £5.00
York £4.93
Peterborough £4.89
Glasgow £4.88
Nottingham £4.87
Plymouth £4.85
Aberdeen £4.81
Liverpool £4.77
Carlisle £4.75
Chichester £4.75
Inverness £4.75
Wolverhampton £4.75
Stoke on Trent £4.67
Southend-on-Sea £4.67
Leicester £4.66
Portsmouth £4.59
Durham £4.50
Stirling £4.50
Sheffield £4.50
Swansea £4.43
Perth £4.42
Dunfermline £4.20
Coventry £4.03
Derry £4.00
Newport £4.00
Wrexham £4.00
Dundee £3.99
Sunderland £3.50
Kingston-upon-Hull £3.36
Bradford £3.25
Doncaster £3.25

What is the average price of a pint in the 2026 World Cup host cities?

The 5 most expensive

1. Los Angeles £6.98
2. New York £6.48
3. San Francisco £6.48
4. Seattle £5.96
5. Boston £5.92

The 5 cheapest

1. Guadalajara £2.34
2. Monterrey £2.59
3. Mexico City £2.70
4. Vancouver £4.48
5. Philadelphia £4.74

Host city Average price of a pint
Los Angeles £6.98
New York (New Jersey) £6.48
San Francisco £6.48
Seattle £5.96
Atlanta £5.92
Boston £5.92
Miami £5.80
Dallas £5.05
Toronto £5.01
Kansas City £4.96
Houston £4.87
Philadelphia £4.74
Vancouver £4.48
Mexico City £2.70
Monterrey £2.59
Guadalajara £2.34

Methodology

The numbers in this piece are based on data from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo as of April 2026. 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. Countries or cities have been excluded where there is not enough reliable data or if alcohol restrictions apply.

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