Avoid the Middle East, Iceland and Norway like the plague if you intend to enjoy a beer or two on your next trip abroad…And Singapore’s not much better either.
Here’s the deal…
After years of being locked down to Covid-19, the world is in travel mode once again. But there’s inflation and the world’s economy is adjusting as well. So you’ll need to plan smart if you’re travelling in 2024, especially if you enjoy drinking beer.
According to Finder an online price comparison site, which scoured 177 of the world’s most populated cities, the price of a pint of beer varies wildly around the world from $0.70 per pint in Caracas, Venezuela to $11.60 in Dubai.
The numbers in this piece are based on data taken from cost-of-living sites Expatistan and Numbeo and the average price of $3.53 is the mean of all the cities’ prices…
UAE | Dubai | $11.60 |
Qatar | Doha | $11.49 |
Iceland | Reykjavik | $10.76 |
Norway | Oslo | $9.96 |
Åland Islands | Mariehamn | $9.46 |
Bahrain | Manama | $8.53 |
Singapore | Singapore | $8.49 |
Oman | Muscat | $7.95 |
New Caledonia | Nouméa | $7.88 |
Switzerland | Zürich | $7.83 |
Mayotte | Mamoudzou | $7.60 |
Jordan | Amman | $7.59 |
Kuwait | Kuwait City | $7.54 |
US | New York City | $7.52 |
France | Paris | $7.45 |
Israel | Jerusalem | $7.42 |
Sweden | Stockholm | $7.36 |
Hong Kong | Kowloon | $7.29 |
Finland | Helsinki | $7.23 |
Denmark | Copenhagen | $7.02 |
Ireland | Dublin | $6.56 |
UK | London | $6.44 |
Afghanistan | Kabul | $6.41 |
Italy | Rome | $6.25 |
New Zealand | Auckland | $6.25 |
Cameroon | Douala | $6.23 |
Australia | Sydney | $6.04 |
Mauritania | Nouakchott | $5.80 |
Vanuatu | Port Vila | $5.75 |
French Guiana | Cayenne | $5.73 |
Netherlands | Amsterdam | $5.67 |
Maldives | Male | $5.60 |
Canada | Toronto | $5.53 |
Bangladesh | Dhaka | $5.45 |
Japan | Tokyo | $5.42 |
Djibouti | Djibouti | $5.23 |
Greece | Athens | $5.14 |
Seychelles | Victoria | $5.08 |
Bahamas | Nassau | $4.85 |
China | Shanghai | $4.80 |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John’s | $4.79 |
Spain | Madrid | $4.56 |
Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | $4.53 |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | $4.46 |
Mali | Bamako | $4.46 |
Austria | Vienna | $4.39 |
Belgium | Brussels | $4.37 |
Virgin Islands | Road Town | $4.34 |
East Timor | Dili | $4.29 |
Cyprus | Nicosia | $4.27 |
Morocco | Casablanca | $4.26 |
Estonia | Tallinn | $4.22 |
Uruguay | Montevideo | $4.16 |
Gibraltar | Gibraltar | $4.14 |
Andorra | Andorra la Vella | $4.10 |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | $3.98 |
South Korea | Seoul | $3.98 |
Brazil | São Paulo | $3.98 |
Solomon Islands | Honiara | $3.98 |
Northern Mariana Islands | San Antonio | $3.92 |
Germany | Berlin | $3.84 |
Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | $3.77 |
Nepal | Kathmandu | $3.75 |
Mauritius | Port Louis | $3.72 |
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | $3.70 |
Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | $3.68 |
Indonesia | Jakarta | $3.65 |
Jamaica | Kingston | $3.62 |
Curacao | Willemstad | $3.61 |
Samoa | Apia | $3.60 |
Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | $3.53 |
Pakistan | Karachi | $3.50 |
Benin | Cotonou | $3.47 |
Lebanon | Beirut | $3.42 |
Lithuania | Vilnius | $3.39 |
Libya | Tripoli | $3.37 |
Turkey | Istanbul | $3.37 |
Chile | Santiago | $3.34 |
India | Mumbai | $3.34 |
Russia | Moscow | $3.24 |
Guinea | Conakry | $3.14 |
Slovenia | Ljubljana | $3.12 |
Iraq | Baghdad | $3.12 |
Gabon | Libreville | $3.07 |
Barbados | Bridgetown | $3.03 |
Panama | Panama City | $3.03 |
Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | $3.00 |
Philippines | Quezon City | $2.92 |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | $2.91 |
Peru | Lima | $2.91 |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | $2.88 |
Latvia | Riga | $2.84 |
Equatorial Guinea | Bata | $2.80 |
Sri Lanka | Colombo | $2.77 |
Thailand | Bangkok | $2.74 |
Belize | Belize City | $2.73 |
Cote d Ivoire | Abidjan | $2.68 |
Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | $2.64 |
Poland | Warsaw | $2.62 |
Senegal | Dakar | $2.62 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | $2.57 |
Saint Lucia | Castries | $2.53 |
Colombia | Bogotá | $2.51 |
Egypt | Cairo | $2.45 |
Algeria | Algiers | $2.42 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | $2.42 |
Croatia | Zagreb | $2.42 |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | $2.37 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | $2.24 |
Angola | Luanda | $2.23 |
Portugal | Lisbon | $2.20 |
Mexico | Mexico City | $2.19 |
Eritrea | Asmara | $2.15 |
Kenya | Nairobi | $2.12 |
Ecuador | Guayaquil | $2.11 |
Montenegro | Podgorica | $2.07 |
South Africa | Johannesburg | $2.01 |
Romania | Bucharest | $1.99 |
Guyana | Georgetown | $1.97 |
Kosovo | Pristina | $1.97 |
Serbia | Belgrade | $1.97 |
Albania | Tirana | $1.95 |
Vatican City | Vatican City | $1.92 |
Moldova | Chişinău | $1.89 |
Belarus | Minsk | $1.88 |
Slovakia | Bratislava | $1.88 |
Macedonia | Skopje | $1.88 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | $1.87 |
Chad | N’Djamena | $1.85 |
El Salvador | San Salvador | $1.85 |
Hungary | Budapest | $1.85 |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | $1.80 |
Zambia | Lusaka | $1.80 |
Botswana | Gaborone | $1.74 |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | $1.73 |
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | $1.72 |
Bhutan | Thimphu | $1.69 |
Cuba | Havana | $1.69 |
Armenia | Yerevan | $1.69 |
Ghana | Accra | $1.68 |
Niger | Niamey | $1.66 |
Zimbabwe | Harare | $1.66 |
Paraguay | Asuncion | $1.64 |
Tunisia | Tunis | $1.62 |
Czech Republic | Prague | $1.61 |
Bulgaria | Sofia | $1.57 |
Sierra Leone | Freetown | $1.55 |
Suriname | Paramaribo | $1.54 |
Cape Verde | Praia | $1.50 |
Namibia | Windhoek | $1.50 |
Central African Republic | Bangui | $1.47 |
Laos | Vientiane | $1.47 |
Myanmar | Yangon | $1.47 |
Liberia | Monrovia | $1.46 |
Mozambique | Maputo | $1.45 |
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | $1.35 |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | $1.34 |
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | $1.34 |
Uganda | Kampala | $1.33 |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | $1.31 |
Azerbaijan | Baku | $1.30 |
Nicaragua | Managua | $1.30 |
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | $1.26 |
Georgia | Tbilisi | $1.22 |
Rwanda | Kigali | $1.15 |
Kazakhstan | Almaty | $1.14 |
Lesotho | Maseru | $1.14 |
Togo | Lome | $1.14 |
Ukraine | Kiev | $1.12 |
Puerto Rico | San Juan | $1.07 |
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | $0.99 |
Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | $0.95 |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | $0.91 |
Malawi | Lilongwe | $0.87 |
Nigeria | Lagos | $0.85 |
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | $0.80 |
Venezuela | Caracas | $0.70 |
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Make your travel plans accordingly…