Pricele #43: Coca-Cola (330ml can) in Ireland 🇮🇪
The puzzle for 12 August 2026 asked what a 330ml can of Coca-Cola costs in Ireland. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Coca-Cola (330ml can) · Ireland
$1.94
1.85 EUR
About 6 minutes of the average local wage buys a 330ml can of Coca-Cola.
More expensive than 84% of the 33 countries in the game.
Source: Burger Parity, 2026.
About coca-cola
Coca-Cola is sold in more countries than almost any other branded product, which makes it a useful yardstick, though a noisy one. The same can costs very different amounts in a supermarket, a corner shop and a hotel minibar, and Coca-Cola deliberately prices to the local market rather than converting a single global price.
Where Ireland sits
Of the 33 countries priced for coca-cola, Ireland ranks #6 from the top at $1.94, 1.4× the median of $1.37.
Ireland is the most expensive eurozone country in most of this table. Wages are high, the retail market is small and geographically isolated, and hospitality prices in particular have run ahead of the euro-area average since 2021. Its tax structure is unusually polarised: 23% standard, among the highest in the EU, alongside zero-rating for most basic food. So an Irish grocery basket carries almost no VAT while an Irish restaurant bill carries a great deal, and the two Irish figures in this table that diverge most from their eurozone neighbours are the prepared ones. Ireland and Spain make the sharpest pair here: same currency, opposite tax philosophies.
| Nearby on the coca-cola table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | $1.76 | 18.9 SEK | 5 min |
| Canada | $1.79 | 2.49 CAD | 5 min |
| Ireland | $1.94 | 1.85 EUR | 6 min |
| United States | $1.99 | 1.99 USD | 5 min |
| Norway | $2.18 | 24 NOK | 5 min |
What else costs what in Ireland
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $7.05 | 6.08 EUR | 21 min |
| Cappuccino | $4.56 | 3.96 EUR | 14 min |
| Milk (1 litre) | $1.61 | 1.4 EUR | 5 min |
| Eggs (dozen) | $4.50 | 3.91 EUR | 14 min |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.20 | 2.78 EUR | 10 min |
| Gasoline (1 litre) | $2.07 | 1.8 EUR | 6 min |
| Diesel (1 litre) | $2.20 | 1.9 EUR | 7 min |
| Electricity (100 kWh) | $45.50 | 39.3 EUR | 2.3 h |
| Natural gas (100 kWh) | $12.30 | 10.6 EUR | 37 min |
| Cigarettes (20-pack) | $18.46 | 17.05 EUR | 55 min |
| Beer (330ml) | $2.39 | 2.21 EUR | 7 min |
| Spirits (750ml bottle) | $27.83 | 25.7 EUR | 83 min |
| Vape e-liquid (1 ml) | $3.36 | 3.1 EUR | 10 min |
| Mobile data (1 GB) | $1.50 | — | 5 min |
| A day's healthy diet | $3.11 | 2.75 EUR | 9 min |
Go deeper
See the full table for coca-cola in every country or everything priced in Ireland.