The average price of a coffee in the UK and around the world in 2025

What is the average price of a coffee?

The average price of a coffee in the UK is £3.35.
The average price of a coffee in London is £3.73.
The average price of a coffee in a capital city around the world is £2.55.

We’ve analysed the average prices of coffee in 161 capital cities around the world, so you can find out where your country ranks and whether you’re getting a good deal on your morning brew. Read on to find out where the UK sits globally and, if you’re looking to boost your coffee fund, you might also consider a switching offer for some extra cash.

How much is a coffee around the world?

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.

The 5 cities with the most expensive coffee

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

The 5 cities with the cheapest coffee

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

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

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.

The 5 UK cities and towns with the most expensive coffee

1. London £3.73
2. Cambridge £3.72
3. Edinburgh £3.72
4. Sunderland £3.72
5. Bristol £3.65

The 5 UK cities and towns with the cheapest coffee

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

Methodology

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.

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