$2.79 or $2.99 ties for the middle of four Burger King Cheeseburger readings, and no two matched.
A Burger King cheeseburger price ties in the middle at $2.79 or $2.99, drawn from four current listings read in August 2026, no two of which matched: $2.69, $2.79, $2.99 and $3.89. A 2023 leftover at $1.00 sits outside that band. Calories are 290, from a company document dated November 2022. One published listing this August said 300 instead, and the company's own figure is the lower of the two.
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What you need
6 itemsCheeseburger price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheeseburger | $2.79 or $2.99 | $2.69 – $3.89 | 290 Cal |
If something goes wrong
Cheeseburger calories are shown as 300 elsewhere
- Cause
- Two published listings split on this row this August, one at 290 and one at 300. The company's own November 2022 document says 290, and where a first-party figure exists it takes precedence.
- Fix
- Use 290. It also holds up internally: the Double Hamburger and the Double Cheeseburger are separated by exactly forty calories in the same document, which is what one slice should be worth.
No two prices for this burger agree
- Cause
- Five separate readings in a single month produced five different numbers. Where a chain publishes a list price, readings cluster around it; nothing published pulls these together.
- Fix
- Take $2.79 as the expectation and $2.69 to $2.99 as the ordinary band. The $3.89 and the $1.00 mark the outer edges, and the $1.00 is three years old.
Is the Cheeseburger still on a dollar menu?
- Cause
- Not at $1.00. That reading belongs to 2023 and reflects a value tier since dropped. Burger King still runs a value section, but nothing August 2026 checking reached prices this burger into it.
- Fix
- Look at current offers in the app rather than an old figure. A standing $1.00 cheeseburger is not something any reading from this year supports.
Forty calories for thirty cents, and an argument about the forty
Cheese is the cheapest upgrade Burger King's own numbers allow anyone to cost. A Hamburger was recorded at a typical $2.49 and a Cheeseburger at $2.79, so the slice costs thirty cents. The 2022 document puts the two burgers at 250 and 290 calories, so the slice brings forty. Nothing else on this menu comes near that rate except bacon, whose ten-cent step rests on readings running from $1.49 to $3.99 and is therefore much less solid than it looks.
The forty is not uncontested either. Two published listings read this August split on this row, one at 290 and one at 300. Burger King's figure is 290, and it holds together better: the Double Hamburger and the Double Cheeseburger are also exactly forty calories apart in the same document, which is what a single slice ought to be worth on both rungs. A count of 300 would make cheese worth fifty here and forty there.
What's in it
One flame-grilled beef patty, a slice of American cheese, pickles, mustard and ketchup on a sesame seed bun. The 2022 panel reads 290 calories, 13 grams of fat, six saturated, 780 milligrams of sodium, 30 grams of carbohydrate and 15 grams of protein. Sodium moves furthest when the cheese goes on. It is 560 milligrams without, 780 with, so a slice weighing forty calories carries 220 milligrams of salt with it.
Is it worth it
Against the plain Hamburger, yes. Thirty cents is the smallest priced step anywhere in this section and it brings two grams of protein along with the cheese. Against what sits above it the case thins quickly. A second patty takes the burger to $4.49 and 400 calories, which is $1.70 for 110 calories and nine grams of protein. The Bacon Cheeseburger takes it to $3.99 and 340. On middle figures the Cheeseburger itself is the best calorie-per-dollar row on the flame-grilled list, at 96 cents a hundred, so the rungs above it buy less rather than more.
The more interesting question is what five disagreeing readings do to a burger this cheap. A $1.20 spread on a $2.79 item amounts to 43 percent of its price. Nobody crosses a city over $1.20. That indifference is exactly why the figure drifts: at the top of a menu a wide gap gets noticed and argued about, while down here it simply sits there, uncorrected, month after month, until a stale reading from three years ago is still the first number a search returns.
Cheeseburger at a glance
- Burger King price
- not published
- Calories
- 290, from Burger King
- Typical price
- $2.79 or $2.99
- Lowest seen
- $2.69
- Highest seen
- $3.89
Questions people ask
How much is a Cheeseburger at Burger King?
$2.79 in the middle of five listings read in August 2026. This year's figures were $2.69, $2.79, $2.99 and $3.89. A $1.00 reading from 2023 still circulates and reflects no current menu.
How many calories are in a Burger King Cheeseburger?
290, by the company's own count, in a nutrition document dated November 2022 that has not been replaced. A published listing this August put it at 300; the first-party figure is the one used here.
How much does cheese add to a Burger King Hamburger?
Thirty cents and forty calories on typical figures. The Hamburger was recorded at $2.49 against $2.79 for the Cheeseburger, and the 2022 document lists 250 against 290.
Is this page an official Burger King price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of Burger King and publishes nothing on the company's behalf. Burger King issues no US price list at all, which is why every figure above comes from a published listing.
Can this site tell me the price at my local Burger King?
No. Franchisees run most US restaurants and price their own boards. The only figure that belongs to one address comes from the Burger King app with that restaurant selected.