Cost of living

A pint of lager cost an average of £5.15 in the UK in the 12 months to August 2026

Average price of a pint of draught lager in pubs and bars, by region, UK, September 2025 to August 2026. Pounds.

Latest figures

Findings

• A pint of lager costs £1.88 more in London than in Wales

Notes

• Each month the ONS checks the price of a pint of draught lager in a sample of pubs and bars across the UK, for its inflation figures. Each average here is of every price it checked over the 12 months, 9,172 in all: standard lager (3.4% to 4.2% alcohol) and premium lager (4.3% to 7.5%).
• The ONS published its own average price of a pint until January 2025. These averages are worked out from the same kind of price checks, but may differ slightly from how the ONS worked out its own.
• Regions are the ones the ONS collects prices in, which roughly match England's regions and the other UK countries: North is mostly the North East, and East Anglia is part of the East of England.
• Prices vary within each region, and some regions have only a few hundred prices, so small differences between regions may not be meaningful.

Sources

• Office for National Statistics, Consumer price inflation item indices and price quotes

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