$2.39 typical for a small, with $2.89 and $3.19 recorded for medium and large, at 120 calories.
Size moves the McDonald's lemonade price, which makes this drink unusual on a menu where most cups sit at one flat rate. Readings in August 2026 came back at $2.39 for a small, $2.89 for a medium and $3.19 for a large, with a single $2.00 reading at the bottom of the band. McDonald's puts a small at 120 calories, the lightest sweetened drink on the fountain apart from the frozen line.
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What you need
6 itemsLemonade (Small) price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemonade (Small) | $2.39 or $2.89 | $2.00 – $3.19 | 120 Cal |
If something goes wrong
Lemonade costs more than a Coke at the same restaurant
- Cause
- Soft drinks share one flat cup rate at most restaurants. Lemonade is usually kept off that line and priced on its own, which is why a small runs about 60 cents above a small Coca-Cola.
- Fix
- Decide on the ladder rather than the headline. Where the flat soft-drink rate applies, upsizing a Coke is nearly free and upsizing lemonade is not.
The size step cost more than expected
- Cause
- Steps recorded in August 2026 ran 50 cents from small to medium and 30 cents from medium to large, so the second step is the cheaper one.
- Fix
- Skip the medium if a large is wanted, since $3.19 buys the biggest cup for 30 cents over the middle one. Ordering the small twice is always the dearest route.
This lemonade tastes different from the last one
- Cause
- Restaurants pour from different set-ups, some from a dispenser on the fountain wall and some from a chilled dispenser at the counter, and ice load changes the strength either way.
- Fix
- Ask for light ice if it arrives watery. That single change does more to the drink than any size choice.
The nutrition panel on the product page shows nothing
- Cause
- Sugar, carbohydrate, sodium and the allergen list are drawn in by a script that runs in the browser, so those fields could not be read on a plain view of the page.
- Fix
- Use the 120-calorie sentence, which loads as text, and treat everything under it as unavailable rather than as zero.
The one drink here where the size question has an answer
Ask what a large costs at a McDonald's fountain and the answer is often the same as a small. Lemonade breaks that pattern. Readings taken in August 2026 climbed cleanly with the cup: $2.39, $2.89, $3.19 for small, medium and large, plus one $2.00 reading that sits below the ladder. A drink with its own ladder is a drink the restaurant treats as its own product.
Why it sits apart is straightforward. Soft drinks come from a syrup box and a carbonation line, at a few cents a cup, which is what makes a flat any-size rate possible. This drink is a chilled ready-mix poured from its own dispenser, it goes off, and it does not carbonate, so it carries a real per-ounce cost that grows with the cup. The 50 cents between a small and a medium is the restaurant recovering that cost. The 30 cents between a medium and a large is the point where the cup, the lid and the ice are already paid for and the extra liquid is close to free.
What's in it
Water, lemon juice concentrate and sugar, mixed to a set recipe and served over ice. McDonald's gives a small 120 calories, which puts it below Sweet Tea at 170, Sprite at 190 and Coca-Cola at 200, and above the 60 of a small Frozen Coca-Cola Classic. Anything past the calorie line could not be read, because the nutrition panel is written into the product page by a script rather than printed as text, so sugar and sodium are simply unavailable.
Is it worth it
Per cup, the small is the weakest buy in the section at $2.39, since the same money buys a soft drink and change at most restaurants. Per ounce, the large at $3.19 is one of the better ones. The gap between those two statements is the whole point of a size ladder, and it only exists here and on the frozen line. On calories the drink does well: 120 for a small undercuts every fountain soft drink except the diet ones, and it does it with real lemon rather than with a sweetener. Set against Sweet Tea the choice is 120 against 170 for similar money, which makes lemonade the better sweet option, and set against Unsweetened Iced Tea at zero it is a straightforward 120-calorie indulgence.
Prices above were recorded from published US listings on 19 August 2026. The calorie figure is McDonald's.
Lemonade (Small) at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 120, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $2.39 or $2.89
- Lowest seen
- $2.00
- Highest seen
- $3.19
Questions people ask
How much is a lemonade at McDonald's?
$2.39 was the middle reading for a small in August 2026, with $2.89 recorded for a medium and $3.19 for a large. No company price exists to check those against.
How many calories are in a small McDonald's lemonade?
120, published by McDonald's. That is lighter than Sweet Tea at 170 and every regular soft drink on the fountain, and heavier than a small Frozen Coca-Cola Classic at 60.
Is lemonade included in any-size drink pricing?
Usually not. It tends to be priced as its own line with its own size steps, which is why a small lemonade runs above a small soft drink at the same counter.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The 120-calorie figure comes from McDonald's; the prices do not, and each was recorded from published US listings on the date shown.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot. Around 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised, so the size ladder and the base price are both set by the operator.