Pricele #81: Coca-Cola (330ml can) in Germany 🇩🇪
The puzzle for 19 September 2026 asked what a 330ml can of Coca-Cola costs in Germany. Here is the answer and the context behind it.
The answer
Coca-Cola (330ml can) · Germany
$1.56
1.49 EUR
About 4 minutes of the average local wage buys a 330ml can of Coca-Cola.
More expensive than 69% 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 Germany sits
Of the 33 countries priced for coca-cola, Germany ranks #11 from the top at $1.56, 1.1× the median of $1.37.
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 coca-cola table | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | $1.55 | 1.25 GBP | 5 min |
| Singapore | $1.55 | 2.1 SGD | 6 min |
| Germany | $1.56 | 1.49 EUR | 4 min |
| Italy | $1.58 | 1.5 EUR | 7 min |
| France | $1.68 | 1.6 EUR | 6 min |
What else costs what in Germany
| Item | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | $7.05 | 6.08 EUR | 19 min |
| Cappuccino | $4.16 | 3.61 EUR | 11 min |
| Milk (1 litre) | $1.35 | 1.17 EUR | 4 min |
| Eggs (dozen) | $3.91 | 3.4 EUR | 11 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 coca-cola in every country or everything priced in Germany.