---
title: "How much does a jerry can cost?"
description: "A jerry can costs 15–120 $. How that compares to other things, and where the number comes from."
url: https://atoneplace.net/cost/jerry-can/
site: "At One Place"
---

# How much does a jerry can cost?

**Typical cost: 15–120 $**

A pressed-steel or plastic fuel container of 20 litres, designed in Germany in the 1930s and copied by everyone since.

> Typical new retail range.

## How that compares

*Jerry can against things of a similar money.*

- Space heater: 20–250 $
- Fire extinguisher: 25–250 $
- Rice cooker: 20–350 $
- Jerry can: 15–120 $
- Hair dryer: 15–450 $
- Sheet of plywood: 20–120 $
- Clothes iron: 15–350 $
- Toaster: 15–250 $

## How to read this figure

The range here is wide, and that is the honest answer rather than a hedge: the cheap and expensive ends of this category are genuinely different products, and the price gap between them is real.

> Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.

## More about a jerry can

- [How much does a jerry can weigh?](https://atoneplace.net/weight/jerry-can/) — 4–22 kg

## Common questions

### How much does a jerry can cost?

A jerry can costs 15–120 $. Typical new retail range.

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## Sources

- Typical range compiled from manufacturer specifications — At One Place (/about/)