A study found the cheapest city in the world for a beer – and unsurprisingly it’s not the UK. According to experts at Magnet Kitchens, it’s somewhere in Europe
Beer enthusiasts, rejoice! A study has revealed the location of the cheapest pint on the planet.
Unfortunately for Brits, the most affordable city in the UK for a brew was Nottingham, coming in at 99th place – where a pint could cost you a reasonable £1.63. But across the Channel, it’s a whole different ball game.
Italy, Germany and Spain were identified as having the lowest prices for a bottle of beer, according to the boffins at Magnet Kitchens. The study examined 190 cities using crowdsourced data from Numbeo on the price of a bottle of beer in cities worldwide in 2024.
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The top 10 was dominated by Germany, with Wandsbek in the north of the country being the tenth best-value – with a bottle costing party-goers a remarkably low 74p. Nuremberg, Bielefeld and Bremen were tied at a penny less, while Zaragoza, in the northeast of Spain and known as the ‘city of beer’, offered an enticing 72p pint, reports the Express.
Four more German cities came in joint-second, with 71p bottles in Wuppertal, Bochum, Bochum-Hordel and Dresden. However, it was a seaside city in the south of Italy that took the top spot – where drinkers can enjoy a beer for as little as 65p.
According to Numbeo, beer in Taranto is a staggering 11.5 times cheaper than the world’s priciest – found in Darwin, Australia (£7.48). It was the only Italian city to make the top 10, while the next highest-ranking Italian town was Messina, a port city in the northeast of Sicily, which came in 51st.
Taranto also secured a spot in the top 10 for the world’s cheapest bottle of wine, ranking seventh with a price tag of just £3.87 – outdone only by Rome, where you can nab a bottle for a mere £2.80.
An impressive 20 German cities made it into the top 50 for beer, while eight locations in the country also featured in the top 30 for wine lovers – including Bochum, where a bottle will cost you a modest £4.29.
Zaragoza turned out to be more than twice as cheap as the priciest Spanish city, Cordoba, which charges £1.57 for a bottle of beer.
In total, 18 Spanish cities made the cut in the top 50, with Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria coming in second at 77p – narrowly missing out on a spot in the global top 10.