Observed arrival · 2026-10-26
The Flat White Index
An interactive comparison of flat-white prices across 52 cities, using café prices to sketch exchange-rate and affordability gaps.
- For
- Coffee-price watchers and currency-curious readers
- Worth noticing
- Submitted café prices are checked against a menu before inclusion, and monthly updates credit the source rather than the submitter.
Field notes
Each city’s café price is converted at the stated market rate and compared with Wellington’s NZ$5.50 baseline; the page also fits prices against GDP per person to soften the effect of income differences. It separates dated café prices from exchange rates that it says refresh each working day, and links to sampling rules and a JSON data file. Visitors can submit a café, city, price, currency, and menu link; the site says it verifies entries against menus and credits sources in monthly updates.
Observed signals
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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