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 £5.44.
  • The average cost of a pint in London is £6.50, the most expensive city in the UK.
  • The average cost of a pint in major cities around the world is £2.76.
We have compiled data on the average prices of beer in the most populated cities around the world. The analysis looks at 166 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 £0.68 in Madagascar all the way up to £9.95 in Doha, Qatar. The world average cost for a pint from the 155 major cities in countries around the world analysed is £2.76 in 2025, similar to last year’s world average of £2.75.

London in the UK is still pricier than most of the list, with the average cost of £6.50 for a pint in the UK’s most populated city, 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. Doha, Qatar £9.95
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates £9.46
3. Muscat, Oman £8.76
4. Reykjavik, Iceland £8.41
5. Oslo, Norway £7.97

The 5 cities with the cheapest beer

1. Antananarivoseru, Madagascar £0.68
2. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia £0.70
3. Lome, Togo £0.71
4. Vientiane, Laos £0.74
5. Lagos, Nigeria £0.74

Country
City
Average price of a pint
Qatar
Doha
£9.95
UAE
Dubai
£9.46
Oman
Muscat
£8.76
Iceland
Reykjavik
£8.41
Norway
Oslo
£7.97
Bahrain
Manama
£7.53
Greenland
Nuuk
£7.50
US
New York
£7.28
Switzerland
Zürich
£7.05
Finland
Helsinki
£6.84
United Kingdom
London
£6.50
Singapore
Singapore
£6.49
Denmark
Copenhagen
£6.35
Seychelles
Victoria
£6.19
Monaco
Monte Carlo
£6.11
France
Paris
£5.92
Ireland
Dublin
£5.92
Australia
Sydney
£5.73
Sweden
Stockholm
£5.65
New Zealand
Auckland
£5.55
Netherlands
Amsterdam
£5.50
Jordan
Amman
£5.28
Liechtenstein
Vaduz
£5.13
Canada
Toronto
£4.98
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
£4.94
Djibouti
Djibouti
£4.87
Bahamas
Nassau
£4.49
Greece
Athens
£4.31
Turkey
Istanbul
£4.17
Italy
Rome
£4.15
Latvia
Riga
£4.15
Austria
Vienna
£4.12
Belgium
Brussels
£4.04
Estonia
Tallinn
£3.93
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
£3.83
Lithuania
Vilnius
£3.79
Poland
Warsaw
£3.64
Vanuatu
Port Vila
£3.50
Germany
Berlin
£3.48
French Guiana
Cayenne
£3.46
Spain
Madrid
£3.45
Morocco
Casablanca
£3.39
Cyprus
Nicosia
£3.34
San Marino
San Marino
£3.32
Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
£3.32
Uruguay
Montevideo
£3.28
Panama
Panama City
£3.21
Iraq
Baghdad
£3.17
Malta
Valetta
£3.11
Rep. of the Congo
Brazzaville
£3.05
Japan
Tokyo
£2.98
Solomon Islands
Honiara
£2.90
Chile
Santiago
£2.88
South korea
Seoul
£2.80
Slovenia
Ljubljana
£2.72
Russia
Moscow
£2.68
East Timor
Dili
£2.66
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
£2.64
Andorra
Andorra la Vella
£2.62
Thailand
Bangkok
£2.58
Serbia
Belgrade
£2.49
Nepal
Kathmandu
£2.48
Lebanon
Beirut
£2.43
Argentina
Buenos Aires
£2.43
Albania
Tirana
£2.40
Mauritius
Port Louis
£2.40
Indonesia
Jakarta
£2.40
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
£2.38
India
Mumbai
£2.35
Costa Rica
San José
£2.33
Guinea
Conakry
£2.33
Guatemala
Guatemala City
£2.32
Mexico
Mexico City
£2.28
Montenegro
Podgorica
£2.28
Croatia
Zagreb
£2.27
Armenia
Yerevan
£2.23
Fiji
Suva
£2.22
Romania
Bucharest
£2.19
Central african republic
Bangui
£2.16
Jamaica
Kingston
£2.16
Barbados
Bridgetown
£2.11
Peru
Lima
£2.07
Portugal
Lisbon
£2.07
Equatorial Guinea
Bata
£2.04
Hungary
Budapest
£2.02
Sri lanka
Colombo
£1.99
Senegal
Dakar
£1.98
Bulgaria
Sofia
£1.98
Kenya
Nairobi
£1.98
Syria
Damascus
£1.98
Algeria
Algiers
£1.98
Bolivia
La Paz
£1.96
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
£1.95
Kazakhstan
Almaty
£1.94
Slovakia
Bratislava
£1.92
Cuba
Havana
£1.91
Czechia
Prague
£1.86
South Africa
Johannesburg
£1.84
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain
£1.83
Botswana
Gaborone
£1.81
The Gambia
Banjul
£1.80
Philippines
Manila
£1.80
El Salvador
San Salvador
£1.78
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
£1.77
Georgia
Tbilisi
£1.75
Ecuador
Guayaquil
£1.72
Liberia
Monrovia
£1.71
Brazil
São Paulo
£1.71
Saint Lucia
Castries
£1.70
Chad
N'Djamena
£1.69
Belize
Belize City
£1.69
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
£1.69
North Macedonia
Skopje
£1.69
Guyana
Georgetown
£1.67
Bhutan
Thimphu
£1.63
Kosovo
Pristina
£1.63
Tunisia
Tunis
£1.62
Zimbabwe
Harare
£1.60
Mali
Bamako
£1.60
Suriname
Paramaribo
£1.58
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre
£1.58
Burundi
Bujumbura
£1.55
Cape Verde
Praia
£1.55
Tajikistan
Dushanbe
£1.53
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
£1.49
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
£1.48
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
£1.44
Moldova
Chişinău
£1.43
Belarus
Minsk
£1.42
Azerbaijan
Baku
£1.40
DRC
Kinshasa
£1.34
Ukraine
Kiev
£1.31
Namibia
Windhoek
£1.29
Venezuela
Caracas
£1.26
Guinea Bissau
Bissau
£1.25
Gabon
Libreville
£1.23
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
£1.21
China
Shanghai
£1.19
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
£1.19
Eritrea
Asmara
£1.18
Paraguay
Asuncion
£1.18
Niger
Niamey
£1.13
Egypt
Cairo
£1.11
Cameroon
Douala
£1.11
Zambia
Lusaka
£1.09
Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan
£1.08
Benin
Cotonou
£1.08
Ghana
Accra
£1.05
Nicaragua
Managua
£1.04
Uganda
Kampala
£1.01
Colombia
Bogotá
£1.01
Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
£1.00
Lesotho
Maseru
£0.97
Angola
Luanda
£0.94
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
£0.93
Mozambique
Maputo
£0.93
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
£0.90
Sierra Leone
Freetown
£0.86
Malawi
Lilongwe
£0.84
Myanmar (Burma)
Yangon
£0.76
Rwanda
Kigali
£0.74
Nigeria
Lagos
£0.74
Laos
Vientiane
£0.74
Togo
Lome
£0.71
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
£0.70
Madagascar
Antananarivo
£0.68

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

The average cost of a pint in the UK in 2025 is £5.44. This has increased by 5% from an average of £5.17 in 2024.

The cheapest places to get a pint (out of the 57 cities analysed) is Dunfermline in Scotland. A beer here will cost you £3.40, which is £2.04 less than the UK average of £5.44.

Following Dunfermline, Kingston Upon Hull and Dundee are the second and third cheapest cities to buy a beer. Compared to the £3.40 for Dunfermline, Kingston Upon Hull charges £3.74 and Dundee’s average is £3.94.

On the pricier side, Brighton is the second most expensive city to buy a beer, charging £6 on average. Oxford is the third most expensive city, with an average pint price of £5.97.

How much is a pint in London?

A pint of beer will cost you £6.50 on average in London – the UK’s most expensive city to grab a drink. This is up 10% from an average price of £5.90 in 2023. A London pint is over £1 more than the UK average and £3.10 more than the UK’s cheapest city.

The 5 UK cities with the most expensive beer

1. London £6.50
2. Brighton £6.00
3. Oxford £5.93
4. Bristol £5.85
5. Belfast £5.76

The 5 UK cities with the cheapest beer

1. Dunfermline £3.40
2. Hull £3.74
3. Dundee £3.94
4. Carlisle £4.00
5. Derry £4.00

City
Average price of a pint
London
£6.50
Brighton & Hove
£6.00
Oxford
£5.97
Bristol
£5.85
Belfast
£5.76
Bath
£5.70
Edinburgh
£5.60
Winchester
£5.50
Chelmsford
£5.38
Liverpool
£5.35
Exeter
£5.21
Cambridge
£5.19
Norwich
£5.05
Birmingham
£5.04
Chester
£5.00
Truro
£5.00
Bangor
£5.00
Newport
£5.00
Canterbury
£4.97
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
£4.96
Sunderland
£4.95
Stirling
£4.95
Glasgow
£4.94
York
£4.90
Plymouth
£4.85
Southampton
£4.77
Manchester
£4.76
Chichester
£4.75
Cardiff
£4.74
Lincoln
£4.70
Leeds
£4.64
Nottingham
£4.59
Peterborough
£4.51
Colchester
£4.50
Durham
£4.50
Wolverhampton
£4.50
Portsmouth
£4.49
Inverness
£4.49
Swansea
£4.43
Sheffield
£4.37
Leicester
£4.29
Coventry
£4.28
Doncaster
£4.25
Aberdeen
£4.21
Bradford
£4.20
Lancaster
£4.20
Southend-on-Sea
£4.19
Stoke on Trent
£4.17
Perth
£4.05
Milton Keynes
£4.00
Wrexham
£4.00
Worcester
£4.00
Carlisle
£4.00
Derry
£4.00
Dundee
£3.94
Kingston-upon-Hull
£3.74
Dunfermline
£3.40

Methodology

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

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