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