The Coffee Price Index 2026: What a Cup Costs in 131 Cities

September 2026 · Based on Earn Here, Spend There city data

A café coffee is cheapest in Rach Gia (about $0.95) and priciest in Honolulu (about $6).
The median across 131 cities is about $3.
Coffee is a quick proxy for a city's eating-out prices.

Everyone buys coffee everywhere, which makes it the simplest way to compare cities. Prices are for a standard cup at a local café; specialty and hotel cafés cost more.

15 cheapest cities for coffee

1🇻🇳 Rach Gia$0.95₫25,000

2🇻🇳 Can Tho$1.22₫32,000

3🇻🇳 Da Nang$1.33₫35,000

4🇻🇳 Da Lat$1.41₫37,000

5🇳🇵 Kathmandu$1.48Rs 200

6🇻🇳 Hanoi$1.52₫40,000

7🇻🇳 Hoi An$1.6₫42,000

8🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City$1.71₫45,000

9🇻🇳 Nha Trang$1.71₫45,000

10🇮🇹 Rome$1.74€1.5

11🇮🇹 Milan$1.74€1.5

12🇵🇹 Porto$1.74€1.5

13🇵🇹 Madeira$1.74€1.5

14🇮🇹 Florence$1.74€1.5

15🇮🇩 Yogyakarta$1.78Rp 29,000

15 priciest cities for coffee

1🇺🇸 Honolulu$6$6

2🇺🇸 San Francisco$6$6

3🇺🇸 New York$6$6

4🇨🇭 Zurich$5.88CHF 5

5🇭🇰 Hong Kong$5.51HK$ 43

6🇬🇺 Guam$5.5$5.5

7🇺🇸 Washington, D.C.$5.5$5.5

8🇺🇸 San Diego$5.5$5.5

9🇺🇸 Boston$5.5$5.5

10🇺🇸 Seattle$5.5$5.5

11🇺🇸 Las Vegas$5.5$5.5

12🇺🇸 Miami$5.5$5.5

13🇺🇸 Los Angeles$5.5$5.5

14🇳🇴 Oslo$5.47kr 58

15🇩🇰 Copenhagen$5.47kr 35

Use coffee to spot tourist pricing

Cafés at landmarks often charge two or three times more. Each city page shows fair, a-bit-high and rip-off zones.

Figures come from the app: estimates built from public cost-of-living data, corrected over time by traveler reports. Exchange rates as of September 2026.

🇻🇳 Rach Gia price guide ›🇻🇳 Can Tho price guide ›🇻🇳 Da Nang price guide ›

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The Coffee Price Index 2026: What a Cup Costs in 131 Cities

15 cheapest cities for coffee

15 priciest cities for coffee

Use coffee to spot tourist pricing

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