$1.69 is the agreed figure for a small Coca-Cola at McDonald's, inside a $1.69 to $3.19 band, at 200 calories.
Every McDonald's Coca Cola price recorded in August 2026 sat between $1.69 and $3.19, with five of the eight readings agreeing on $1.69. McDonald's publishes no counter price of its own for the cup. What the company does publish is 200 calories for the small, and a medium Coca-Cola inside its Under $3 Menu, which is the nearest thing to a first-party figure. Fountain pricing follows the cup rather than the flavour.
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What you need
5 itemsCoca-Cola (Small) price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coca-Cola (Small) | $1.69 | $1.69 – $3.19 | 200 Cal |
If something goes wrong
One McDonald's charges $1.69 for a small Coke and another wants over $3
- Cause
- Both are pricing legitimately. Around 95% of US restaurants under the brand are run by franchisees who set their own board, and a captive site such as an airport concourse or a turnpike plaza prices like one.
- Fix
- Switch restaurants inside the McDonald's app and read the two boards against each other. On a cup this cheap the gap only matters when several are going in the same bag.
The app shows a different Coke price to the menu board in front of me
- Cause
- App pricing, kiosk pricing and delivery pricing are three separate lists at many restaurants, and delivery menus carry a markup before any fee lands.
- Fix
- Treat the figures here as counter and drive-thru money. Order in the app if it is cheaper, because the discount belongs to the channel and not to the drink.
A medium Coca-Cola has more calories than the 200 shown here
- Cause
- 200 is the published count for the small cup only. Cup size is the whole calorie story on a fountain drink, since the syrup dose scales with the volume.
- Fix
- Work from McDonald's own meal totals, which settle a medium at 270. A Big Mac Meal at 1,170 resolves as 580 for the sandwich, 320 for medium fries and 270 for the drink.
Free refills were available last visit and this restaurant refuses
- Cause
- Refill policy sits with the operator, not with the company, and self-serve fountains have been pulled from a great many lobbies.
- Fix
- Ask at the counter before paying if a refill matters. Where the fountain sits behind the counter, assume one pour per cup.
The drink McDonald's prices only when it is inside something else
Two figures frame this cup and neither belongs to the company. $1.69 came back at the bottom of the August 2026 readings, $3.19 at the top, for the same small cup of the same syrup out of the same machine. That is an 89% gap on a drink costing under two dollars. $1.69 is where five of the eight readings landed, and that agreement is the number to carry into a budget.
Ownership explains the ends. Roughly 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised, a share McDonald's states in its own Form 10-K, and the licence holder sets the board inside the building. Rent reaches the price of a Coke faster than it reaches the price of a Big Mac, because the drink is the cheapest line on the menu.
The company does attach a price to this drink, though never on its own. A medium Coca-Cola appears on the value menu under a heading that reads Under $3, next to a McDouble, four piece McNuggets and small fries. Lunch meal deals starting at $5 wrap a small one into the bundle. Both are ceilings for a tier rather than prices for a cup.
What's in it
Syrup and carbonated water, mixed at the dispenser and poured over ice, which makes volume the only variable that matters. A small cup is 200 calories, McDonald's own figure. Company meal pages pin the medium at 270: every Coke-paired Extra Value Meal total resolves at that number and no other, the Big Mac Meal at 1,170 among them. Everything below the calorie line could not be read. Sugar, sodium and the allergen list are drawn into the product page by a script that runs after the page loads, so a plain read comes back with the calorie sentence and little else.
Is it worth it
Value here is decided by the branch rather than by the drink. At $1.69 a small Coca-Cola is as cheap as anything on the drinks board; at $3.19 the identical cup costs more than a bottle of DASANI Water and about what a medium Minute Maid Premium Orange Juice runs. Switching to Diet Coke saves 200 calories and no money at all, since both sit on the same fountain line at the same figure. Size is the other lever. A medium adds 70 calories over a small, and where a restaurant runs one rate for any cup the extra volume costs nothing at all.
Prices above were recorded from published US listings on 19 August 2026. Calorie figures are McDonald's.
Coca-Cola (Small) at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 200, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $1.69
Questions people ask
How much is a small Coca-Cola at McDonald's?
$1.69 is where most of the August 2026 readings landed, on a band running up to $3.19. No company price exists for the cup, so the board at the restaurant settles it and nothing here can.
How many calories are in a McDonald's Coke?
200 in a small, published by McDonald's. The medium works out at 270 on the company's own meal totals, which is why a Big Mac Meal comes to 1,170 rather than 1,100.
Is Coca-Cola on the Under $3 Menu?
A medium Coca-Cola is listed in that tier on McDonald's own value menu, read in August 2026. Under $3 is a ceiling for a group of ten items, and participation varies by restaurant.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The calorie figure is McDonald's; the prices are not, because the company publishes none for this drink. Each reading was taken from published US listings and carries the date it was recorded.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot. Roughly 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised and each operator sets the board, which is what the $1.69 to $3.19 spread is made of. The app, pointed at that restaurant, answers it.