Are Aussies getting a raw deal on beer? We scoured the internet to get the cost of a pint in the most populated cities around the world. Our comparison of 177 countries has found a huge range of prices: from $0.92 in Caracas, Venezuela to $15.10 in Dubai. Sydney sits in the middle at $7.87, which is the 27th most expensive place to buy a pint. Still cheaper than New Zealand. Explore the rest of our findings with our interactive map above.
The full list of countries
| Country | Most populated city | Average cost of a pint |
|---|---|---|
| UAE | Dubai | $15.10 |
| Qatar | Doha | $14.96 |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | $14.01 |
| Norway | Oslo | $12.62 |
| Ã…land Islands | Mariehamn | $12.32 |
| Bahrain | Manama | $11.11 |
| Singapore | Singapore | $11.05 |
| Oman | Muscat | $10.35 |
| New Caledonia | Nouméa | $10.26 |
| Switzerland | Zürich | $10.19 |
| Mayotte | Mamoudzou | $9.89 |
| Jordan | Amman | $9.87 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | $9.82 |
| US | New York City | $9.79 |
| France | Paris | $9.70 |
| Israel | Jerusalem | $9.66 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | $9.57 |
| Hong Kong | Kowloon | $9.49 |
| Finland | Helsinki | $9.42 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | $9.13 |
| Ireland | Dublin | $8.54 |
| UK | London | $8.38 |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | $8.34 |
| Italy | Rome | $8.13 |
| New Zealand | Auckland | $8.13 |
| Cameroon | Douala | $8.11 |
| Australia | Sydney | $7.87 |
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | $7.55 |
| Vanuatu | Port Vila | $7.48 |
| French Guiana | Cayenne | $7.46 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | $7.37 |
| Maldives | Male | $7.29 |
| Canada | Toronto | $7.20 |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | $7.09 |
| Japan | Tokyo | $7.06 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | $6.81 |
| Greece | Athens | $6.69 |
| Seychelles | Victoria | $6.62 |
| Bahamas | Nassau | $6.32 |
| China | Shanghai | $6.25 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | $6.23 |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | $6.04 |
| Spain | Madrid | $5.93 |
| Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | $5.90 |
| Mali | Bamako | $5.81 |
| Austria | Vienna | $5.72 |
| Belgium | Brussels | $5.68 |
| Virgin Islands | Road Town | $5.65 |
| East Timor | Dili | $5.58 |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | $5.56 |
| Morocco | Casablanca | $5.54 |
| Estonia | Tallinn | $5.49 |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | $5.42 |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | $5.39 |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | $5.33 |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | $5.17 |
| South Korea | Seoul | $5.17 |
| Brazil | São Paulo | $5.17 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | $5.17 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | San Antonio | $5.10 |
| Germany | Berlin | $5.00 |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | $4.91 |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | $4.88 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | $4.84 |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | $4.82 |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | $4.79 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | $4.75 |
| Jamaica | Kingston | $4.72 |
| Curacao | Willemstad | $4.70 |
| Samoa | Apia | $4.68 |
| Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | $4.59 |
| Pakistan | Karachi | $4.56 |
| Benin | Cotonou | $4.52 |
| Lebanon | Beirut | $4.45 |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | $4.42 |
| Libya | Tripoli | $4.38 |
| Turkey | Istanbul | $4.38 |
| Chile | Santiago | $4.35 |
| India | Mumbai | $4.35 |
| Russia | Moscow | $4.22 |
| Guinea | Conakry | $4.08 |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | $4.07 |
| Iraq | Baghdad | $4.07 |
| Gabon | Libreville | $4.00 |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | $3.94 |
| Panama | Panama City | $3.94 |
| Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | $3.91 |
| Philippines | Quezon City | $3.80 |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | $3.78 |
| Peru | Lima | $3.78 |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | $3.75 |
| Latvia | Riga | $3.70 |
| Equatorial Guinea | Bata | $3.64 |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | $3.61 |
| Thailand | Bangkok | $3.57 |
| Belize | Belize City | $3.56 |
| Cote d Ivoire | Abidjan | $3.48 |
| Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | $3.43 |
| Poland | Warsaw | $3.41 |
| Senegal | Dakar | $3.41 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | $3.34 |
| Saint Lucia | Castries | $3.29 |
| Colombia | Bogotá | $3.27 |
| Egypt | Cairo | $3.19 |
| Algeria | Algiers | $3.15 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | $3.15 |
| Croatia | Zagreb | $3.15 |
| Haiti | Port-au-Prince | $3.08 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | $2.92 |
| Angola | Luanda | $2.90 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | $2.87 |
| Mexico | Mexico City | $2.85 |
| Eritrea | Asmara | $2.80 |
| Kenya | Nairobi | $2.76 |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil | $2.75 |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | $2.69 |
| South Africa | Johannesburg | $2.62 |
| Romania | Bucharest | $2.59 |
| Guyana | Georgetown | $2.57 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | $2.57 |
| Serbia | Belgrade | $2.57 |
| Albania | Tirana | $2.53 |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | $2.50 |
| Moldova | Chişinău | $2.46 |
| Belarus | Minsk | $2.45 |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | $2.45 |
| Macedonia | Skopje | $2.45 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | $2.43 |
| Chad | N'Djamena | $2.41 |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | $2.41 |
| Hungary | Budapest | $2.41 |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | $2.34 |
| Zambia | Lusaka | $2.34 |
| Botswana | Gaborone | $2.27 |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | $2.25 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | $2.24 |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | $2.20 |
| Cuba | Havana | $2.20 |
| Armenia | Yerevan | $2.20 |
| Ghana | Accra | $2.18 |
| Niger | Niamey | $2.16 |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | $2.16 |
| Paraguay | Asuncion | $2.13 |
| Tunisia | Tunis | $2.11 |
| Czech Republic | Prague | $2.09 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | $2.04 |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | $2.02 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | $2.01 |
| Cape Verde | Praia | $1.95 |
| Namibia | Windhoek | $1.95 |
| Central African Republic | Bangui | $1.92 |
| Laos | Vientiane | $1.92 |
| Myanmar | Yangon | $1.92 |
| Liberia | Monrovia | $1.90 |
| Mozambique | Maputo | $1.88 |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | $1.76 |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo | $1.74 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | $1.74 |
| Uganda | Kampala | $1.72 |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | $1.71 |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | $1.69 |
| Nicaragua | Managua | $1.69 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | $1.64 |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | $1.58 |
| Rwanda | Kigali | $1.50 |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | $1.48 |
| Lesotho | Maseru | $1.48 |
| Togo | Lome | $1.48 |
| Ukraine | Kiev | $1.46 |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan | $1.39 |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | $1.28 |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | $1.23 |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | $1.18 |
| Malawi | Lilongwe | $1.13 |
| Nigeria | Lagos | $1.11 |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | $1.04 |
| Venezuela | Caracas | $0.92 |
methodology
The numbers in this piece are based on data taken from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo on 29 November 2017. To compare a range of ways to pay for a pint compare international travel money cards.On Numbeo, the metric used was "Restaurants: Domestic Beer, (0.5 liter draught)". On Expatistan, it was "1 beer in neighbourhood pub (500ml or 1pt.)". Where possible, the figures provided by both sites were averaged. Four cities had data on Numbeo, but not Expatistan, so the value from Numbeo was used alone. Similarly, 80 cities had data only on Expatistan, and that data was used alone.
The average price of $4.59 shown above is the mean of all the cities' prices.
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