The MetroBud NYC Cannabis Price Index (MNCPI)

Cannabis in New York City runs from about $2.91 to $7.92 per gram, depending on tier and pack size, based on realized prices across more than 145,000 MetroBud delivery orders in four boroughs. Buying an ounce is the cheapest way in, at roughly $3.00 per gram — the entry point for this index.

What Is the MetroBud NYC Cannabis Price Index?

The MetroBud NYC Cannabis Price Index (MNCPI) is a recurring measure of what MetroBud customers actually paid per gram of cannabis, built entirely from MetroBud’s own delivery order records rather than a survey, a competitor menu scrape, or a government series. This is its founding release. The value of an index like this comes from being run the same way, on the same schedule, indefinitely — so the methodology below is written to be re-run identically every quarter, not reinvented each time. MetroBud publishes it because nobody else in New York cannabis delivery publishes a realized-price index at all; most published cannabis price data is list price read off a menu, which is not what anyone actually pays. Background on MetroBud’s operations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx is on the About page.

What Does Cannabis Cost Per Gram in NYC?

The table below is the core of the index: realized price per gram by flower tier, weighted by units sold, over the trailing 12 months. “Realized” means what customers actually paid after discounts and deals were applied — not the sticker price on a menu.

Read across the table and the pattern is consistent: per-gram price falls as pack size grows and rises with tier quality. Ounce buying anchors the cheap end of the market at roughly $3.00 per gram; a $30 indoor eighth anchors the expensive end at $7.92 per gram.

How Much Does Buying in Bulk Actually Save?

This is one of the most common cannabis-pricing questions, and it is rarely answered with real transaction data rather than a menu comparison. Using the realized per-gram figures above:

• An ounce (the $85 ounce tier, realized $2.91/g) is 34% cheaper per gram than a $15 eighth (realized $4.38/g).
• An ounce is 63% cheaper per gram than a $30 indoor eighth (realized $7.92/g).
• Even staying within eighths, a $15 eighth is 45% cheaper per gram than a $30 indoor eighth.

The math is consistent: pack size drives more savings than tier choice within eighths does. Current pricing on ounce-format flower is on the ounce deals page.

Why Realized Price Instead of List Price?

List price is the menu price — the only number an outsider can observe by reading a menu. Realized price is what customers actually paid, after discounts and deals are applied across the order. The two are not the same, and the gap is exactly what a menu can never show you. Realized price is the honest number: it reflects what actually changed hands, not what was advertised. This index leads with realized price because no cannabis retailer in New York publishes it — MetroBud is publishing its own.

Why Weight by Units Sold Instead of Averaging Menu Prices?

Every figure in this index is weighted by units sold, not averaged simply across menu listings. The difference matters: a simple average would let a single rarely-ordered premium SKU move the number just as much as a tier bought thousands of times, which would misrepresent what customers are actually paying on the whole. Units-sold weighting means the index reflects the basket New Yorkers are actually buying, not the full range of what happens to be listed for sale.

What’s the Average Cannabis Order in NYC?

Beyond per-gram pricing, the order-level numbers tell a stability story. The trailing 24-month average order value is $83.23, across an average of 2.13 items per order. More notably, that average order value has held inside a $79–$90 band every single month for 24 consecutive months. That is price stability, not growth — a market that has not moved against the customer over two full years. Most recent full month (July 2026) average order value was $84.07, well within that same band.

What Do NYC Cannabis Customers Pay by Product Format?

Realized price per unit varies substantially by product format, over the trailing 12 months:

Flower and disposables realize the highest price per unit; carts, pre-rolls, and concentrates cluster at the low end. Current disposable pricing is on the disposables page. For general ordering questions across formats, see the NYC weed delivery guide.

Methodology: How the Index Is Built

Data source. MetroBud’s own order records, covering completed delivery orders in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

Window. Order volume and average-order-value figures cover August 2024 through August 16, 2026 (24 months). Per-gram and per-format tier pricing uses the trailing 12 months (August 17, 2025 – August 16, 2026).

Volume. More than 145,000 completed delivery orders and more than 297,000 individual items.

Price basis. Realized price — what customers actually paid after discounts and deals — not list/menu price.

Weighting. Every average is weighted by units sold, not averaged simply across menu entries. See above for why.

The basket. The index tracks fixed, named tiers and formats (as in the tables above), not individual rotating strain SKUs, so what is measured stays stable from release to release even as specific strains come and go.

Exclusions. Staff and internal test orders are excluded before any figure is computed.

Scope. This is an index of MetroBud’s own realized prices across four boroughs — it is not a citywide cannabis CPI or a government price series, and it describes MetroBud’s customer base rather than all New York City consumers. All products sold are lab-tested with certificates of analysis available.

Cadence. This is the inaugural release of the MNCPI. MetroBud will publish it quarterly, re-running this same methodology unchanged each time, so future releases can be compared against this one on a like-for-like basis.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the MetroBud NYC Cannabis Price Index?
A recurring measure of the realized price per gram MetroBud customers actually paid for cannabis across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, weighted by units sold and built from MetroBud’s own order data.

What does cannabis cost per gram in NYC through MetroBud?
Realized prices range from $2.91 per gram (the $85 ounce tier) to $7.92 per gram (the $30 indoor eighth tier), depending on tier and pack size. Ounce buying overall realizes roughly $3.00 per gram.

How much do I save buying an ounce instead of eighths?
An ounce is 34% cheaper per gram than a $15 eighth and 63% cheaper per gram than a $30 indoor eighth. A $15 eighth is itself 45% cheaper per gram than a $30 indoor eighth.

What’s the difference between realized price and list price?
List price is the menu price. Realized price is what customers actually paid after discounts and deals. This index leads with realized price because it is the honest figure, and it is not available from any menu.

Is this a citywide cannabis price index for all of New York?
No. It measures MetroBud’s own realized prices in four boroughs. This is not a government series — it describes MetroBud’s market specifically, not all New York City consumers.

How often is the index updated?
Quarterly. This inaugural release locks the methodology; every future release re-runs the same calculation on the same basket so the numbers stay comparable over time. General ordering questions are covered in the FAQ.

21+ only. All products are lab-tested with certificates of analysis available, delivering to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.