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October 2026 reading
The Iced Coffee Index
October 2026 reading · Next: April 2027

TheIced Coffee Index

The canonical Iced Coffee, read from 6,811 café menus across Australia.

National median
$8.00
Across 6,811 venues that listed Iced Coffee in the October 2026 reading.
First readingOctober 2026 reading
National price range — 10th to 90th percentile
$6.50 p10median $8.00$10.00 p90
What does the spread look like?
183
965
1799
2015
1090
426
156
5–6
6–7
7–8
8–9
9–10
10–11
11–12
Median $8.00
Strong sample
n=6,811 venues · spread $6.50–$10.00 · October 2026
By State & Metro
October 2026 Reading
Geographic variation
Median price of Iced Coffee by state
WA$8.00NT$9.00SA$8.00QLD$8.00NSW$8.00VIC$8.00TAS$8.00ACT$8.00
CheaperMore expensive
By metro median
Darwin
$9.00
Adelaide
$8.20
Sydney
$8.00
Melbourne
$8.00
Hobart
$8.00
Canberra
$8.00
Perth
$7.95
Brisbane
$7.80
Australia
$8.00
Local readings of the Iced Coffee Index
October 2026 Reading
By cityDarwin $9.00Cairns $8.95Newcastle $8.50Central Coast $8.50Coffs Harbour $8.50Ballarat $8.50Mackay $8.50Rockhampton $8.50Townsville $8.50Adelaide $8.20Port Macquarie $8.18Toowoomba $8.10Tamworth $8.00Byron Bay $8.00Sydney $8.00Wollongong $8.00Wagga Wagga $8.00Melbourne $8.00Mildura $8.00Geelong $8.00Bendigo $8.00Shepparton $8.00Sunshine Coast $8.00Gold Coast $8.00Bunbury $8.00Victor Harbor $8.00Barossa Valley $8.00Hobart $8.00Launceston $8.00Canberra $8.00Perth $7.95Brisbane $7.80Devonport $7.50
By stateNorthern Territory $9.00New South Wales $8.00Victoria $8.00Queensland $8.00Western Australia $8.00South Australia $8.00Tasmania $8.00Australian Capital Territory $8.00
Cheapest regions — Iced Coffee
#RegionPricen
1Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble$7.3810
2Stirling$7.80422
3Nambour - Pomona$7.90809
4Inverell - Tenterfield$8.00257
5Richmond Valley - Coastal$8.001995
Most expensive regions — Iced Coffee
#RegionPricen
1Broken Hill and Far West$8.509
2Tuggeranong$8.5014
3Augusta - Margaret River - Busselton$8.5076
4Maryborough$8.25495
5Adelaide City$8.20327
The Spread
October 2026 Reading

At the median Australian café, an Iced Coffee costs $8.00 this reading. The middle half of venues sit between $7.00 and $9.00 — but the regional spread is the story. In Broken Hill and Far West the median runs $8.50; in Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble it's $7.38.

Sample sizes vary by region — every number on this page ships with its n, and regions below our confidence bar are marked indicative or thin. Medians, not means: one $40 outlier doesn't move the number.

The gap between the dearest and cheapest region for Iced Coffee is $1.13 — +14.1% of the national median.
Iced Coffee prices — the short answers
October 2026 Reading

How much is an Iced Coffee in Australia?

An Iced Coffee costs $8.00 at the median Australian café, based on 6,811 priced menus in the October 2026 reading. The middle half of cafés charge between $7.00 and $9.00.

Which state has the cheapest Iced Coffee?

Australian Capital Territory is cheapest at $8.00; Northern Territory is dearest at $9.00.

Where is an Iced Coffee most expensive?

Of the regions we read, Broken Hill and Far West has the dearest median at $8.50 and Bourke - Cobar - Coonamble the cheapest at $7.38.

Sister product

For the dedicated Flat White Index — with deeper coffee analysis, roaster intel and suburb rankings — see SmallFlatWhite. TheCafeIndex covers the breadth; SmallFlatWhite covers the coffee depth.

More from Coffee — Iced
October 2026 Reading
Iced Latte $7.00Iced Mocha $8.00Iced Long Black $6.50Cold Brew $7.00Coffee Frappe $9.00
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