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Price of a pint of lager in the UK

The average price of a pint of lager was £4.75 per pint in September 2026, up 4.4% on a year earlier.

Updated Prices for September 2026 · ONS Shopping prices comparison tool (experimental)

Average price, September 2026

£4.75

per pint

A year ago (September 2025)

£4.55

per pint

Annual change*

+4.4%

Lager - draught (3.4-4.2%)

Average UK price of a pint of lager, per pint (£)

From £4.55 in September 2025 to £4.75 in September 2026. Series starts January 2021.

*The ONS annual change is for the item's consumption segment ("Lager - draught (3.4-4.2%)"), the group of similar products used in CPI, so it can differ slightly from the change in the average price shown. Item measured: Lager - draught (3.4-4.2%), per pint.

Last 12 months

MonthAverage price
September 2026£4.75
August 2026£4.74
July 2026£4.73
June 2026£4.73
May 2026£4.70
April 2026£4.69
March 2026£4.67
February 2026£4.66
January 2026£4.62
December 2025£4.61
November 2025£4.59
October 2025£4.58
September 2025£4.55

Older ONS series: Draught lager, per pint (ended January 2025)

Before the shopping prices tool, ONS published a separate average price for a pint of lager as part of the RPI. That series ran from February 1987 to January 2025 and is no longer updated. It measured a slightly different item ("Draught lager, per pint"), was published in pence and was collected differently, so it is shown separately and should not be joined to the new figures above.

Discontinued ONS average price: Draught lager, per pint (pence)

92p in February 1987; 483p in January 2025, when the series ended.

January20142015201620172018201920202022202320242025
Price332p340p348p352p363p367p373p396p423p469p483p

Source: ONS, series CZMS (MM23, RPI average prices).

About this price

Source: ONS, Shopping prices comparison tool, September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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