Cigar Price Index: Which Online Cigar Retailer Is Actually Cheapest?
We analyzed 77,019 cigar listings from 17 online cigar retailers (September 21, 2026); 16 carry enough overlapping lines to rank. The median price is $9.85 per cigar. CigarPage is cheapest most often, with the lowest price on 50.3% of the cigars it stocks, and comparing retailers saves a median of about $22.03 on a box of 20. Below: the cheapest retailer overall, by price band, and by brand.
US online cigar market price history
Median price per cigar across every cigar sold by two or more of the 86 US online retailers tracked by our CigarInsight platform. This market-wide series is broader than the 19-retailer index tables below.
MedianTracked daily since July 2026
The median price across cigars sold by two or more of the 86 US online retailers tracked by CigarFinder is $10.25 per cigar as of September 23, 2026. The series updates daily and has been tracked since July 2026.
CigarFinder tracks live prices on tens of thousands of cigars from the major U.S. online retailers. For this index we normalized every listing to a price per cigar (so a box of 20 is compared fairly against a single), removed accessories, samplers, and cigarillos, then ranked retailers on the cigars they have in common. The result is an apples-to-apples look at who is genuinely cheapest, not just who advertises the lowest sticker price.
Two things stand out in the data. First, the same cigar varies a lot between stores: the typical line swings about 27% from the cheapest retailer to the most expensive. Second, no single store wins everything, the cheapest retailer changes by brand and by price band, which is exactly why comparing pays off. When a store's price on a given cigar drops under every other store carrying it, that cigar lands on which cigars are underpriced tonight.
Cheapest online cigar retailers, ranked
Ranked by how often each retailer has the lowest price per cigar on the lines it stocks (its "value win rate"), across 1,899 cigars carried by two or more retailers.
| Retailer | Cheapest when stocked | Median per cigar | Listings | Best code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CigarPage | 50.3% | $8.01 | 7,024 | None |
| 2BnB Tobacco | 31.2% | $8.15 | 1,859 | None |
| 3Cigars N Cigars | 28.9% | $9.66 | 2,022 | 15% off |
| 4Gotham Cigars | 27.4% | $9.50 | 1,789 | None |
| 5Mike's Cigars | 25.4% | $9.85 | 8,236 | None |
| 6Cigars.com | 23.7% | $9.60 | 5,935 | None |
| 7Famous Smoke | 18.7% | $9.20 | 7,653 | None |
| 8Thompson Cigar | 17.5% | $9.04 | 7,813 | 15% off |
| 9Cigora | 15.8% | $10.40 | 5,717 | None |
| 10Cigars International | 15.7% | $9.40 | 5,763 | 20% off |
| 11I Heart Cigars | 15.3% | $15.20 | 1,896 | None |
| 12Best Cigar Prices | 15.1% | $9.95 | 10,212 | 10% off |
| 13Casa de Montecristo | 14.9% | $12.51 | 867 | None |
| 14GT Cigars | 13.6% | $8.80 | 1,559 | 25% off |
| 15JR Cigars | 7.7% | $11.30 | 4,423 | None |
| 16Smoke Inn | 6.7% | $13.80 | 4,161 | 10% off |
"Cheapest when stocked" is the share of shared cigar lines where this retailer has the lowest price per cigar. A store with a smaller, value-focused catalog can rank high here even if its overall catalog is small.
Also analyzed, below the ranking floor: Flying Cigars (90 cigar listings). Their listings count in every total above; a fair win-rate ranking needs at least 100 comparable listings.
Cheapest retailer by price band
Different stores win at different price points. Here is who is cheapest most often in each band.
Cheapest store for popular cigar brands
Buying a specific brand? The retailer with the lowest price per cigar varies by brand. Click a retailer for its verified coupon codes, or a brand to compare every line by price.
| Brand | Cheapest most often | Lines compared |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Patel | Thompson Cigar (15/73 lines) | 73 |
| Arturo Fuente | CigarPage (22/63 lines) | 63 |
| Perdomo | BnB Tobacco (10/54 lines) | 54 |
| Macanudo | CigarPage (9/49 lines) | 49 |
| Alec Bradley | CigarPage (12/46 lines) | 46 |
| My Father | CigarPage (16/44 lines) | 44 |
| Tatuaje | Famous Smoke (10/43 lines) | 43 |
| Gurkha | CigarPage (18/42 lines) | 42 |
| Montecristo | Mike's Cigars (9/41 lines) | 41 |
| Drew Estate | Cigars International (12/38 lines) | 38 |
| CAO | Cigora (11/35 lines) | 35 |
| Davidoff | I Heart Cigars (7/34 lines) | 34 |
| La Flor Dominicana | Cigora (11/34 lines) | 34 |
| Oliva | CigarPage (8/33 lines) | 33 |
| Punch | Cigars.com (8/27 lines) | 27 |
| Padron | Casa de Montecristo (12/27 lines) | 27 |
| Ashton | Cigars.com (12/26 lines) | 26 |
| Black Label Trading Company | Famous Smoke (7/24 lines) | 24 |
| La Gloria Cubana | CigarPage (6/23 lines) | 23 |
| Hoyo de Monterrey | Thompson Cigar (5/23 lines) | 23 |
How much you actually save
Comparing retailers: on the same cigar, picking the cheapest store instead of an average one saves a median of about $22.03 on a box of 20.
Stacking a coupon: when a sitewide percent-off code is active (currently 6 retailers, running 10% to 25% off), it adds roughly $31 more off a box of 20. See current verified cigar coupon codes for every retailer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does the average cigar cost in 2026?
The median price is $9.85 per cigar across the 1,899 cigar lines sold by two or more of the retailers we track, as of September 21, 2026. Measured across all 68,000+ live listings the median is $9.36 per stick (July 2026). Budget lines run under $5 a cigar and super-premium releases pass $20.
Which online cigar retailer is cheapest?
CigarPage wins most often right now, with the lowest price per cigar on 50.3% of the cigar lines it stocks. No store wins everything: the cheapest retailer changes by brand and by price band, which is exactly what the rankings above break out.
How much does comparing cigar prices actually save?
Picking the cheapest store instead of an average one saves a median of about $22.03 on a box of 20, because the same cigar line typically swings about 27% between the cheapest and most expensive store carrying it. An active sitewide code adds roughly $31 more on a box.
Why are cigars cheaper online than in local shops?
Online retailers spread lower overhead across national volume, run closeouts and daily deals to move inventory, and stack sitewide codes on top. A local lounge prices in rent, staff, and the room you smoke in, and state excise taxes vary widely. The gap is real but not universal, which is why per-cigar comparison beats assumptions.
How often does this cigar price index update?
The retailer rankings recompute weekly from the full catalog crawl (last run September 21, 2026), the market price history chart updates daily, and the deeper all-listings study refreshes quarterly in the Cigar Price Index article. Deal-level price checks run daily on the deals feed.
Methodology
This index is built from CigarFinder's live retailer catalogs, refreshed regularly. We include active, in-stock cigar listings priced above zero, exclude accessories, gift sets, samplers, cigarillos, and "compare to" clones, and convert each listing to a price per cigar using the pack size in the title. Retailers are compared only on the cigar lines they have in common, so the rankings reflect real, like-for-like pricing. This edition analyzed 17 online cigar retailers; those without enough overlapping listings to rank fairly are named under the rankings table rather than compared on thin data, and marketplace, accessories-only, and humidor sellers are excluded entirely. Figures are medians to avoid distortion from a handful of ultra-premium or limited releases. Last updated September 21, 2026.
Two medians, two questions: the $9.85 figure above is computed on the comparable set, the cigar lines enough retailers share for a fair like-for-like ranking. Measured across all 68,000+ live listings we track, the median is $9.36 per stick (July 2026). Both are correct; the full all-listings breakdown lives in the quarterly Cigar Price Index article.