No typical price for a Double Cheeseburger: two readings, $3.74 and $6.19, at 440 calories
The McDonald's Double Cheeseburger price recorded in August 2026 ran from $3.74 to $6.19, and two readings that far apart leave no typical figure worth printing. The company counts 440 calories. One slice of cheese separates it from the McDouble, a typical $3.89 at 390 calories, and fifty of those calories are the cheese. The range matters more than any average here. Location decides the rest.
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What you need
4 itemsDouble Cheeseburger price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Cheeseburger | varies | $3.74 – $6.19 | 440 Cal |
If something goes wrong
My restaurant charges nearer $6.19 than $3.74
- Cause
- Readings recorded in August 2026 ran from $3.74 to $6.19. A restaurant at the top of that band is charging within the recorded range.
- Fix
- Nothing to fix at the counter. Compare against the McDouble on the same board, since a slice of cheese is the whole difference between them while the difference between restaurants reaches $2.45.
The Double Cheeseburger and the McDouble look identical
- Cause
- One slice of cheese is the whole difference, and the company counts 50 calories for it: 440 against 390.
- Fix
- If price decides, order the McDouble and ask what a slice of cheese costs at that restaurant. The answer varies as much as the sandwich price does.
There is no meal price listed
- Cause
- No meal figure came back during checking, and the only prices the company puts in writing sit in the Extra Value Meal line.
- Fix
- Price the components in the app. Check the deals tab on the same screen before building one from scratch.
The calorie figures I have seen do not match 440
- Cause
- Calorie figures are laboratory measurements and do not change from one restaurant to the next, so a competing count is either wrong or describes a different build.
- Fix
- Use McDonald's own 440. Any count ending in an odd digit gives itself away, because US menu labelling rounds everything above 50 calories to the nearest ten.
One slice of cheese apart
McDonald's publishes none of these prices. Calories, yes, per item. Prices appear only in the Extra Value Meal line, which returned in September 2025 with a Big Mac Meal at $8.00 and the company's own line that prices and participation may vary. Nothing of the sort exists for the Double Cheeseburger, and no meal figure was recorded for it either.
Two readings came back in August 2026, $3.74 and $6.19, a distance of $2.45, which is roughly two-thirds of the cheaper reading again on top of it. Anything printed between them would be arithmetic rather than a price, so the table names both ends and leaves the typical column alone. Every figure it carries is one somebody wrote down.
Franchising is the mechanism. McDonald's put roughly 95% of its restaurants in the US in franchisee hands in its Form 10-K for 2025, and a franchisee sets the board, which makes a $2.45 spread across the country ordinary rather than suspicious. Rent, wages and local competition do the rest.
What's in it
Two beef patties and two slices of American cheese, with pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard on a regular bun. That second slice is the whole difference from the McDouble, which carries one. The company counts 440 calories here against 390 there, so fifty of them are cheese. Nothing else about the build changes between the two sandwiches.
Is it worth it
That depends on which board you are standing at, and the page's own figures say why. McDouble readings ran from $3.49 to $4.59, with a typical $3.89. The pair recorded for the Double Cheeseburger straddles that band: $3.74 undercuts a typical McDouble, while $6.19 clears the top of the McDouble range outright. A Double Cheeseburger at the cheap end therefore beats a McDouble at the dear end, and at $6.19 the extra slice loses to the McDouble on arithmetic alone. Which sandwich is better value has no national answer.
The rest of the value tier prices out as a ladder: Hamburger $2.79, Cheeseburger $3.19, McDouble $3.89, Daily Double $4.39. The Double Cheeseburger cannot join it, having no typical price to join with, and on its own two readings it starts below the McDouble and finishes above the Daily Double. Calories climb in roughly the same order, from 250 up to 440, with the Daily Double at 490 breaking the pattern.
Set the restaurant in the app first. The only number that matters is the one attached to that address, and if the McDouble is running as an offer that day, the second slice of cheese is the first thing to drop.
Double Cheeseburger at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 440, from McDonald's
Questions people ask
What is the difference between a Double Cheeseburger and a McDouble?
A second slice of cheese. The company counts 440 calories against 390. Only the McDouble has a typical price, $3.89; the Double Cheeseburger was recorded at $3.74 and at $6.19 and nowhere in between.
Why does the price range run from $3.74 to $6.19?
Because restaurants set their own prices, and roughly 95% of the US estate is franchised. A $2.45 spread on a value burger is normal, not evidence that somebody has made an error.
Is the Double Cheeseburger better value than the McDouble?
There is no typical Double Cheeseburger price to weigh, so the honest answer depends on the menu in front of you. The $3.74 reading lands inside the McDouble range of $3.49 to $4.59, while $6.19 clears the top of it by well over a dollar. 390 calories for a typical $3.89 is the only fixed point in the comparison.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. The 440 calorie count belongs to McDonald's. Prices here were recorded from published US listings in August 2026 and carry no authority in any restaurant.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. With $2.45 between the lowest and highest readings, no site can. Select your restaurant in the McDonald's app, and the price it displays is the one you will be charged.