The Froth Price Index

What a cafe costs in Sydney

Typical prices on the Sydney cafe menus we read, November 2026.

Brekkie for one costs $29.90 in Sydney, $2.10 less than Australia's $32.00: a flat white, banana bread and smashed avo.

$29.90Brekkie for one in Sydney

$2.10 less than Australia's $32.00

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Sydney's price board
Typical price
Each line is an item's typical price in Sydney. The small line under each price says how far it is from the typical price across Australia, every city's cafe prices together.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.

From a babycino at $2.00 to eggs benedict at $22.95.

Every item's typical price in Sydney, dearest first, against Australia's. Under each price: against Australia

Eggs benedict$22.95$0.05 more
Acai bowl$18.50$0.50 less
Smashed avo$18.00$2.50 less
Bacon and egg roll$12.00$0.50 less
Iced latte$7.00$0.10 more
Banana bread$6.90$0.40 more
Croissant$6.15$0.35 less
Matcha latte$6.00The same
Chai latte$5.40$0.10 less
Long black$5.00The same
Flat white$5.00The same
Babycino$2.00$0.50 less

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Your order
Each total adds up the typical price of every item in your order: the middle price among a place's cafes, so it is not one cafe's bill. It starts as Brekkie for one: a flat white, banana bread and smashed avo.
A city shows only when every item in your order has enough cafes there.

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Brekkie for one, 3 items

Flat white
Banana bread
Smashed avo

$29.90in Sydney

$2.10 less than Australia's $32.00

Brekkie for one in each city

Cheapest in Sydney at $29.90, dearest in Melbourne at $34.90: $5.00 apart.

Not enough cafes yet in Darwin to price Brekkie for one.

Area by area
Area by area
An area's figure is the typical price among its cafes, with the same set-asides as Sydney's. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price. Each bubble counts a step of the difference from Sydney's typical price: filled for more, pale for less.

Pick an item to see it in each part of Sydney.

Flat white: the typical price in each area of Sydney, cheapest first, against Sydney's

Each bubble is 5c from Sydney's typical price

CheapestRyde and Northern Suburbs8 cafes$4.85$0.15 less
South West Sydney33 cafes$4.90$0.10 less
Parramatta and surrounds28 cafes$4.90$0.10 less
City and Inner South57 cafes$5.00The same

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Inner West42 cafes$5.00The same
Western Sydney30 cafes$5.00The same
Lower North Shore25 cafes$5.00The same
Eastern Suburbs22 cafes$5.00The same
Northern Beaches21 cafes$5.00The same
Upper North Shore and Hornsby17 cafes$5.00The same
Hills District15 cafes$5.00The same
St George13 cafes$5.00The same
Canterbury-Bankstown12 cafes$5.00The same

DearestSutherland Shire22 cafes$5.35$0.35 more

What a trend costs
What a trend costs
The typical matcha latte against the typical flat white in Sydney, both regular hot drinks.

A matcha latte against a flat white in Sydney and across Australia.

Matcha latte against flat white in Sydney and across Australia.

+$1.00SydneyFlat white $5.00, Matcha latte $6.0020% more
+$1.00AustraliaFlat white $5.00, Matcha latte $6.0020% more

The trend in Sydney

MatchaMainstream drink$7.30average

What extras cost
What extras cost
What each Sydney cafe adds for one, its cheapest such line, and how far that is from the typical extra across Australia.
Alternative milk: $1.00, the same as Australia's $1.00.
Extra shot: $0.90, $0.10 more than Australia's $0.80.
Syrup: $0.80, the same as Australia's $0.80.
Decaf: $0.80, the same as Australia's $0.80.

What Sydney cafes add to a flat white.

A flat white, typically

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Sydney against another city

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How are these prices worked out?

From the cafe menus we read in each city, November 2026. Each cafe counts once, at its main price for the item, and add-ons, large sizes and combos are left out. The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more. A city needs at least 8 cafes with a price before we show a figure; below that we say not enough cafes yet. We never name a cafe for its prices.

How much is a flat white in Sydney?

A flat white typically costs $5.00 in Sydney, from 359 menus we read in November 2026. Most Sydney cafes charge $4.50 to $5.50.

How much is breakfast at a cafe in Sydney?

Brekkie for one is a flat white, banana bread and smashed avo, each at its typical price. In Sydney it typically adds up to $29.90. Across Australia it is $32.00.

Is Sydney dearer than the rest of Australia?

Of the 16 items with a figure in Sydney, 4 cost more than the typical price across Australia, 6 less and 6 the same.

Where is the cheapest flat white in Sydney?

By area, Ryde and Northern Suburbs is cheapest at a typical $4.85 and Sutherland Shire dearest at $5.35. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price.

How we work out a price

We read the menus of the cafes we follow in each city and match each line to an item by its name. A flat white also counts a latte or cappuccino, the way most cafes price them the same.
Each cafe counts once, at its main price for the item. Add-ons, large sizes, combos and retail packs are left out, and prices far from the city's usual are set aside as likely mistakes.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.
8 in 10 cafes charge between the two prices shown: we leave out the cheapest 10 and the dearest 10 in every 100.
A city needs at least 8 cafes with a price before we show a figure, and an area 5. Below that we say not enough cafes yet.
Australia puts every city's cafe prices together, each cafe once, and works the typical price out again. We never add cafe counts from different cities into one figure.
Extras (alternative milk, decaf, syrup and an extra shot) are what each cafe adds for one, its cheapest such line.
Figures are for the month shown and update as menus are read again. We never name a cafe for its prices.

How we read menus, in full

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What a cafe costs in Sydney

The trend in Sydney

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What a cafe costs in Sydney

Sydney's price board
Typical price
Each line is an item's typical price in Sydney. The small line under each price says how far it is from the typical price across Australia, every city's cafe prices together.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.

Typical price

Your order

Brekkie for one in each city

Area by area
Area by area
An area's figure is the typical price among its cafes, with the same set-asides as Sydney's. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price. Each bubble counts a step of the difference from Sydney's typical price: filled for more, pale for less.

Area by area

What a trend costs
What a trend costs
The typical matcha latte against the typical flat white in Sydney, both regular hot drinks.

What a trend costs

What extras cost

An added-up guide

Sydney against another city

Questions people ask

What a cafe costs in Sydney

What a cafe costs in Sydney

Sydney's price board
Typical price
Each line is an item's typical price in Sydney. The small line under each price says how far it is from the typical price across Australia, every city's cafe prices together.
The typical price is the middle price: half the cafes charge less, half charge more.

Typical price

Your order

Brekkie for one in each city

Area by area
Area by area
An area's figure is the typical price among its cafes, with the same set-asides as Sydney's. An area needs at least 5 cafes with a price. Each bubble counts a step of the difference from Sydney's typical price: filled for more, pale for less.

Area by area

What a trend costs
What a trend costs
The typical matcha latte against the typical flat white in Sydney, both regular hot drinks.

What a trend costs

What extras cost

An added-up guide

Sydney against another city

Questions people ask