Whether we tend to plump for a classic dark ale, a crisp light lager or a thirst-quenching pilsner, if there’s one thing that most of the world can agree on, it’s that there are few things in life better than a pint of beer.
In fact, few things have the capacity to unite humankind like our love of sinking a few cold ones at the end of a long week – even when we can’t so much as agree what unit the good stuff should be sold in, let alone how much it should cost.
According to financial comparison site Finder, the average price of a pint – which is around 570ml, fyi, metric friends – has increased pretty much everywhere over the past year. That’s unsurprising given that bars and pubs have been closed for long stints in many places, with lots of us buying our booze from the supermarket instead.
African cities tend to be the cheapest places to grab a bev, with drinks just £0.65 (5.64RMB) each in Freetown in Sierra Leone – although that would make sense given that wages are lower there too. Compare that with the outrageous £9.98 (86.60RMB) a pint in Doha, or £7.90 (68.55RMB) in Oslo. Ouch.
Here are the top ten cheapest cities for a pint:
1. Freetown, Sierra Leone - 5.64RMB
2. Antananarivo, Madagascar - 5.81RMB
3. Lagos, Nigeria - 6.25RMB
4. Yangon, Myanmar - 6.25RMB
5. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - 6.42RMB
6. Tashkent, Uzbekistan - 6.51RMB
7. Lome, Togo - 6.51RMB
8. Maseru, Lesotho - 6.51RMB
9. Lilongwe, Malawi - 6.59RMB
10. Dushanbe, Tajikistan - 6.77RMB
And here are the ten most expensive:
1. Doha, Qatar - 86.60RMB
2. Dubai, UAE - 86.52RMB
3. Muscat, Oman - 69.16RMB
4. Oslo, Norway - 68.55RMB
5. Lebanon, Beirut - 63.95RMB
6. Reykjavik, Iceland - 59.62RMB
7. Jerusalem, Israel - 53.45RMB
8. Auckland, New Zealand - 52.93RMB
9. Manama, Bahrain - 58.75RMB
10. Stockholm, Sweden - 49.90RMB
