Cucumber prices: questions and answers
Cucumbers: median wholesale price 0.79 EUR/kg across 154 markets in 29 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of cucumbers today?
The median wholesale price of cucumbers was 0.79 EUR/kg across 233 current quotes on 154 markets in 29 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.60 and 1.07 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between varieties of cucumbers?
| Variety | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Variety not stated | 161 | 0.79 EUR/kg |
| Long (English) cucumbers | 40 | 0.66 EUR/kg |
| Short and ridge cucumbers | 23 | 1.02 EUR/kg |
| Mini / snack | 5 | 0.94 EUR/kg |
| Armenian | 3 | 0.54 EUR/kg |
Long glasshouse cucumbers and short or ridge cucumbers are different products, often sold per piece rather than per kilogram. Each type has its own scale, and quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
Where are prices of cucumbers lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of cucumbers were lowest in India (0.33 EUR/kg), Brazil (0.39 EUR/kg), South Africa (0.49 EUR/kg) and highest in Japan (3.06 EUR/kg), Poland (2.38 EUR/kg), Croatia (2.05 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of cucumbers in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 40 | 0.68 EUR/kg | 2,400 COP/kg |
| Mexico | 37 | 0.86 EUR/kg | 18.0 MXN/kg |
| Turkey | 13 | 0.67 EUR/kg | 37.5 TRY/kg |
| Poland | 8 | 2.38 EUR/kg | 10.4 PLN/kg |
| Spain | 8 | 0.88 EUR/kg | — |
| Taiwan | 8 | 0.83 EUR/kg | 30.1 TWD/kg |
| France | 5 | 2.35 EUR/kg | — |
| South Africa | 4 | 0.49 EUR/kg | 9.17 ZAR/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting cucumbers; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of cucumbers going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 65 of 197 quotes for cucumbers rose, 75 fell and 57 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish cucumber prices?
154 markets in 29 countries have current cucumber quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Tshwane Wholesale Market South Africa · 13 quotes
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 10 quotes
- Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market (VMO) China · 5 quotes
- MIN Nantes France · 4 quotes
- Wielkopolska Agricultural Exchange (WGRO), Poznań Poland · 4 quotes
- Guadalajara Wholesale Market Mexico · 4 quotes
- Agroponiente auction, Adra Spain · 4 quotes
- Obour Wholesale Market Egypt · 4 quotes
Why are there so many different cucumber prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 124 different cucumber quote names, for example: Cucumbers boer container ac mass 3.00; Cucumbers English, grade 1J; Bitter cucumber; Cucumber France cat.I 500-600g pack 12 (piece); Field cucumbers, Poland; Cucumbers, Michoacan, Mexico, first grade.
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Which country produces the most cucumbers?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of cucumbers was 87.8 million t in 2024. The largest producer was China with 78.1% of the world total, followed by India and Turkey.
Where do these cucumber prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are cucumber prices updated?
The latest cucumber quote is from 11 November 2026; 106 of 154 markets published cucumber prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download cucumber prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for cucumber prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.