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Coffee at the bar, ranking of the most and least expensive cities in Italy

Coffee at the bar is a ritual for many Italians: here are the cities where a cup costs more and those where the price is lower.

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Coffee at the bar, ranking of the most and least expensive cities in Italy

Even in times of the coronavirus emergency, the ritual of coffee at the bar is confirmed as one of the most difficult traditions to eradicate in the habits of Italians. 

Based on the “Rapporto Ristorazione 2020 di Fipe Confcommercio” (referring to Istat data from December 2020), the Adnkronos ranked the price of a cup of coffee in the various provincial capitals of Italy.

Coffee at the bar: the most expensive cities in Italy

The most expensive coffee in Italy is paid in the North, more precisely in Trento: in the capital of Trentino Alto Adige, where a cup of coffee at the bar reaches the average price of 1,21 Euros.

In the ranking of the most expensive cities in Italy for the price of a coffee, Trento is followed by its neighbor Bolzano, where the average price is equal to 1,19 Euros. The Top 5 is completed by two capitals of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Pordenone e Udine, and Brescia: in these three cities the average price of a cup of coffee at the bar is 1,12 Euros.

In the top positions of the ranking are also TriestePadua and Bologna, where coffee at the bar costs 1,11 euros. The average price of 1,10 euros was recorded in BellunoFerraraGoriziaModenaRavennaRiminiRovigo e Vicenza.

The most expensive cities in Italy:

  1. Trento: €1,21
  2. Bolzano: €1,19 euros
  3. Pordenone: €1,12 euros
  4. Udine: €1,12 euros
  5. Brescia: €1,12 euros

Coffee at the bar: the cheapest cities in Italy

The cheapest coffee in Italy is drunk in bars Catanzaro, where you can drink a cup a 80 cents. In the ranking of the cheapest cities in Italy for coffee in bars, the following are Messina (0,81 cents) to Cosenza e Reggio Calabria (0,88 cents the cup).

The cheapest cities in Italy:

  1. Catanzaro: 80 cents
  2. Messina: 81 cents
  3. Cosenza: 88 cents
  4. Reggio Calabria: 88 cents

Coffee at the bar: how much does it cost in big cities in Italy

Em Rome a coffee at the bar costs on average 0,93 cents of euro. Even lower is the price in Naples, the home of coffee: 90 cents. In Milan to have a coffee at the bar you have to pay €1,03. Coffee in bars costs a few cents more in Florence, Turin e Come thisa: €1,09 is the average price in these cities.

But these values ​​can be much higher when asking for a coffee in tourist places.

A coffee next to the Duomo in Milan or in Piazza San Marco in Venice can cost many times more.

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