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

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What is the average price of a coffee?

  • The average price of a coffee in the UK is £3.47.
  • The average price of a coffee in London is £3.67.
  • The average price of a coffee in a capital city around the world is £2.51.
We’ve analysed the average prices of coffee in 163 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 2024 ranges from a bargain of 81p in Madagascar up to more than £5 in Copenhagen, Denmark. When taking into account all capital cities analysed, the global average price for a coffee is £2.51 in 2024. This is only slightly cheaper than the average cost of a pint around the world.

The 5 cities with the most expensive coffee

1. Denmark, Copenhagen £5.01
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates £4.94
3. Zürich, Switzerland £4.78
4. Manama, Bahrain £4.58
5. Doha, Qatar £4.45

The 5 cities with the cheapest coffee

1. Antananarivo, Madagascar £0.81
2. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia £0.84
3. Tunis, Tunisia £0.87
4. Asmara, Eritrea £0.90
5. Abuja, Nigeria £0.93

Country Capital city Average coffee price
Denmark Copenhagen £5.01
UAE Dubai £4.94
Switzerland Zürich £4.78
Bahrain Manama £4.58
Qatar Doha £4.45
United States New York City £4.42
Oman Muscat £4.38
Iceland Reykjavik £4.33
Turkmenistan Ashgabat £4.33
Seychelles Victoria £4.27
Bahamas Nassau £4.25
Finalnd Helsinki £4.09
France Paris £4.05
Gabon Libreville £3.85
Jamaica Kingston £3.84
Singapore Singapore £3.84
Bangladesh Dhaka £3.80
Uruguay Montevideo £3.76
Norway Oslo £3.75
Equatorial Guinea Malabo £3.74
United Kingdom London £3.70
Barbados Bridgetown £3.64
Panama Panama City £3.59
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre £3.59
Canada Toronto £3.58
Jordan Amman £3.58
Poland Warsaw £3.50
Netherlands Amsterdam £3.38
Argentina Buenos Aires £3.36
Mexico Mexico City £3.30
Senegal Dakar £3.26
Estonia Tallinn £3.24
Austria Vienna £3.23
Benin Cotonou £3.23
Greece Athens £3.21
Sweden Stockholm £3.20
Ireland Dublin £3.19
Vanuatu Port Vila £3.18
Mali Bamako £3.17
Rep. of the Congo Brazzaville £3.17
Angola Luanda £3.15
Saint Lucia Castries £3.15
Guyana Georgetown £3.10
Germany Berlin £3.09
Belgium Brussels £3.07
Azerbaijan Baku £3.06
Chile Santiago £3.02
Belize Belize City £3.00
El Salvador San Salvador £2.99
Latvia Riga £2.96
Zimbabwe Harare £2.96
South Korea Seoul £2.95
Peru Lima £2.93
Lithuania Vilnius £2.90
East Timor Dili £2.88
China Beijing £2.87
French Guinea Cayenne £2.86
Israel Jerusalem £2.86
Cyprus Nicosia £2.84
Armenia Yerevan £2.79
Portugal Lisbon £2.76
Turkey Istanbul £2.73
New Zealand Auckland £2.72
Australia Sydney £2.71
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan £2.69
Chad N'Djamena £2.66
Guatemala Guatemala City £2.64
Venezuela Caracas £2.59
Iraq Baghdad £2.57
Solomon Islands Honiara £2.57
Central African Republic Bangui £2.56
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo £2.55
Georgia Tbilisi £2.55
Japan Tokyo £2.55
Uganda Kampala £2.55
Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan £2.52
Czech Republic Prague £2.48
Djibouti Djibouti £2.47
Samoa Apia £2.46
DRC Kinshasa £2.45
Suriname Paramaribo £2.45
Costa Rica San José £2.43
India Mumbai £2.43
Bolivia La Paz £2.39
Maldives Malé £2.32
Lebanon Beirut £2.29
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur £2.29
Spain Madrid £2.29
Botswana Gaborone £2.28
Philippines Manila £2.28
Ecuador Guayaquil £2.27
Papau New Guinea Port Moresby £2.27
Russia Moscow £2.27
Thailand Bangkok £2.27
Ghana Accra £2.26
Guinea Conakry £2.23
Togo Lomé £2.19
Romania Bucharest £2.17
Andorra Andorra la Vella £2.15
Cambodia Phnom Penh £2.14
Nicaragua Managua £2.14
Niger Niamey £2.14
Cuba Havana £2.12
Paraguay Asunción £2.11
Slovakia Bratislava £2.11
Sri Lanka Colombo £2.10
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City £2.10
Malta Birkirkara £2.09
Mozambique Maputo £2.03
Mauritius Port Louis £2.01
Saint VIncent and the Grenadines Kingstown £1.98
Hungary Budapest £1.96
Honduras Tegucigalpa £1.89
Kenya Nairobi £1.89
Liberia Monrovia £1.89
Montenegro Podgorica £1.89
Morocco Casablanca £1.88
Serbia Belgrade £1.88
Burundi Bujumbura £1.87
Guinea Bissau Bissau £1.84
Bulgaria Sofia £1.81
Brazil Sao Paulo £1.77
Mauritania Nouakchott £1.77
Tajikistan Dushanbe £1.77
Indonesia Jakarta £1.76
Pakistan Karachi £1.76
Rwanda Kigali £1.76
Tanzania Dar es Salaam £1.76
Namibia Windhoek £1.75
Kyrgyztan Bishkek £1.70
Colombia Bogotá £1.69
Slovenia Ljubljana £1.69
Kazakhstan Astana £1.65
Bhutan Thimphu £1.64
Croatia Zagreb £1.62
Afghanistan Kabul £1.61
Malawi Lilongwe £1.59
Myanmar (Burma) Yangon £1.59
Albania Tirana £1.58
South Africa Johannesburg £1.49
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou £1.48
Bosnia and Herzegovinia Sarajevo £1.47
Cape Verde Praia £1.45
Zambia Lusaka £1.40
Egypt Cairo £1.38
Moldova Chișinău £1.36
Uzbekistan Tashkent £1.34
Nepal Kathmandu £1.33
Cameroon Douala £1.31
Italy Rome £1.30
Algeria Algiers [El Djazaïr] £1.22
Belarus Minsk £1.22
Haiti Port-au-Prince £1.20
Sierra Leone Freetown £1.18
Laos Vientiane £1.03
Ukraine Kyiv £0.98
Lesotho Maseru £0.95
Kosovo Prishtina £0.94
Nigeria Abuja £0.93
Eritrea Asmara £0.90
Tunisia Tunis £0.87
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 2024 is £3.47.

The cheapest places to get a coffee (out of the 46 cities and large towns analysed) is Aberystwyth in Wales at just £2.77 on average. This is 70p less than the UK average and every little helps!

Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire and Stirling in Scotland are the second and third cheapest cities to buy a coffee, with prices of £2.83 and £2.85 on average.

The most expensive city to buy a coffee is, unsurprisingly, the capital London, with an average price of £3.67, although many shops will charge more than than. Bristol is the second most expensive city for a cup of coffee, at £3.66, while Nottingham is the third most expensive city, with an average coffee price of £3.65.

The 5 UK cities and towns with the most expensive coffee

1. London £3.67
2. Bristol £3.66
3. Nottingham £3.65
4. Liverpool £3.51
5. Aberdeen £3.48

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 £3.67
Bristol £3.66
Nottingham £3.65
Liverpool £3.51
Aberdeen £3.48
Poole £3.48
Belfast £3.47
Cambridge £3.47
Sunderland £3.40
Manchester £3.39
Brighton and Hove £3.39
Southampton £3.38
Preston £3.38
Luton £3.35
Plymouth £3.34
Exeter £3.34
Glasgow £3.33
Newcastle upon Tyne £3.33
Portsmouth £3.33
Ipswich £3.33
Birmingham £3.32
Edinburgh £3.32
Oxford £3.32
Peterborough £3.31
Reading £3.31
Sheffield £3.30
Inverness £3.30
Leeds £3.27
Perth £3.26
York £3.25
Norwich £3.23
Northampton £3.20
Swansea £3.17
Gloucester £3.11
Cardiff £3.10
Leicester £3.06
Kingston upon Hull £3.04
Bournemouth £2.99
Coventry £2.97
Dundee £2.96
Southend-on-Sea £2.93
Stoke-on-Trent £2.91
Derby £2.86
Stirling £2.85
Milton Keynes £2.83
Aberystwyth £2.77

Methodology

The numbers in this piece are based on data from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo as of August 2024. 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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