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.
Here’s the deal…
With the world beginning to travel again you need to plan smart, especially if you know you’ll be drinking.
According to Finder, an online price comparison site which scoured 177 of the world’s most populated cities, the price of beer varies wildly around the world from $0.70 per pint in Caracas, Venezuela to $11.60 in Dubai.
The numbers 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’ beer prices…
Country Capital Beer Cost
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 |
So plan your vacations accordingly…
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