New research from price comparison website, finder.com, 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.
Across the world, a pint of beer costs £2.60 on average. In the UK, it is currently £4.68, making a beer 80% more expensive than the global average.
Londoners face paying an average of £5.90 for a beer – 127% higher than the global average!
The most expensive pints of beer in the world on average are sold in Doha in Qatar. Despite decreasing in price by 7.9% from £11.37 in 2022, they are still at an eye-watering £10.47 in 2023.
The next most expensive beers in the world can be found in Abu Dhabi in UAE (£9.93) and Muscat in Oman (£8.68).
The most expensive places to drink a pint in Europe are Reykjavik in Iceland (£7.81) and Oslo in Norway (£7.13), closely followed by Zürich in Switzerland (£6.54) and Helsinki in Finland (£6.33).
New York in the United States is the 9th most expensive city for beer, with a pint costing £6.22 on average. Meanwhile, a pint down under in Sydney, Australia will set you back £5.01 on average.
If you’re looking to save money when spending overseas, the African continent offers the cheapest prices. Bujumbura in Burundi takes the crown for the cheapest price, with a pint of beer costing only £0.46 on average. The rest of the top 5 cheapest cities include: Maseru, Lesotho (£0.62), Tripoli in Libya (£0.69), Lome, Togo (£0.73) and Kigali in Rwanda (£0.74).
The cheapest beer outside of Africa can be found in South-East Asia, with pints costing only £0.79 in Vientiane, Laos and £0.84 in Yangon, Myanmar and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The cheapest beer in Europe can be found in Chişinău, Moldova with pints costing only £1.36 on average, closely followed by Prishtina, Kosovo (£1.44), Minsk, Belarus (£1.69) and Sofia, Bulgaria (£1.70).
