Pricele #27: Eggs (dozen) in Germany 🇩🇪
The puzzle for 27 July 2026 asked what a dozen eggs costs in Germany. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Eggs (dozen) · Germany
$3.91
3.4 EUR
About 11 minutes of the average local wage buys a dozen eggs.
More expensive than 65% of the 32 countries in the game.
Source: Numbeo (crowd-sourced), retrieved 2026-08.
About eggs
Eggs are the most volatile item in the game. Avian influenza outbreaks can double a country's egg price within a few months and pull it back down just as fast, so an egg price is as much a snapshot of this year's flock health as it is of local cost of living.
Where Germany sits
Of the 32 countries priced for eggs, Germany ranks #12 from the top at $3.91, 1.1× the median of $3.46.
Germany has some of the cheapest groceries in Western Europe, largely because of intense competition between discount chains like Aldi and Lidl. Fuel goes the other way: energy taxes and levies make up roughly half the pump price. The VAT structure sharpens both effects: 19% standard but 7% on most food, so the German state takes a far smaller cut of a grocery basket than of a tank of petrol. Germany is the clearest illustration in the table of why food and fuel prices in the same country can sit at opposite ends of the European range.
| Nearby on the eggs table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | $3.65 | 13.65 PLN | 27 min |
| Singapore | $3.69 | 4.73 SGD | 14 min |
| Germany | $3.91 | 3.4 EUR | 11 min |
| United Kingdom | $4.12 | 3.06 GBP | 14 min |
| Italy | $4.26 | 3.7 EUR | 18 min |
What else costs what in Germany
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $7.05 | 6.08 EUR | 19 min |
| Coca-Cola (330ml can) | $1.56 | 1.49 EUR | 4 min |
| Cappuccino | $4.16 | 3.61 EUR | 11 min |
| Milk (1 litre) | $1.35 | 1.17 EUR | 4 min |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.31 | 2.87 EUR | 9 min |
| Gasoline (1 litre) | $2.10 | 1.82 EUR | 6 min |
| Diesel (1 litre) | $2.63 | 2.27 EUR | 7 min |
| Electricity (100 kWh) | $40.00 | 34.6 EUR | 1.8 h |
| Natural gas (100 kWh) | $11.50 | 9.9 EUR | 31 min |
| Cigarettes (20-pack) | $9.42 | 8.7 EUR | 26 min |
| Beer (330ml) | $1.62 | 1.5 EUR | 4 min |
| Spirits (750ml bottle) | $11.60 | 10.71 EUR | 32 min |
| Vape e-liquid (1 ml) | $3.78 | 3.5 EUR | 10 min |
| Mobile data (1 GB) | $2.14 | — | 6 min |
| A day's healthy diet | $3.44 | 3.04 EUR | 9 min |
Go deeper
See the full table for eggs in every country or everything priced in Germany.