What the big chains actually charge in San Diego — read from each chain's own ordering system at 144 restaurants, with the cheapest and priciest locations named.
Prices checked November 5, 2026 · 10 chains priced in San Diego
Every figure below comes from San Diego restaurants' own listed prices. California ranks #3 of 51 in our fast food prices by state index, paying 14.7% above the national typical price.
| Chain | Restaurants | Signature item | San Diego typical | US typical | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McDonald's | 39 | Big Mac® | $7.39 | $6.09 | +21.3% |
| Domino's | 22 | Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza | $16.99 | $14.99 | +13.3% |
| Taco Bell | 16 | Crunchwrap Supreme® | $6.59 | $6.79 | -2.9% |
| Chipotle | 14 | Chicken Burrito | $10.57 | $9.80 | +7.9% |
| Wendy's | 11 | Dave's Single® | $6.99 | $5.99 | +16.7% |
| Popeyes | 10 | Classic Chicken Sandwich | $5.99 | $5.79 | +3.5% |
| Chick-fil-A | 9 | Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich | $6.59 | $5.25 | +25.5% |
| Papa John's | 9 | 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza | $22.50 | $17.50 | +28.6% |
| Burger King | 7 | Whopper | $7.59 | $6.19 | +22.6% |
| KFC | 7 | 8 pc. Chicken Only | $24.99 | $20.99 | +19.1% |
Typical prices in San Diego: Big Mac® $7.39 · Quarter Pounder® with Cheese $7.29 · McCrispy™ $5.99
Cheapest Big Mac®: $5.99 at 16440 Bernardo Center Dr · priciest: $8.27 at Mcdonald?S San Diego Airport, 3301 N. Ha.
Typical prices in San Diego: Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza $16.99 · Medium (12") Hand Tossed Pizza $13.99 · Stuffed Cheesy Bread $9.99
Cheapest Large (14") Hand Tossed Pizza: $14.98 at 4120 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Ste 102 · priciest: $19.99 at 6947 Linda Vista Rd Ste D (one of 5 at this price).
Typical prices in San Diego: Crunchwrap Supreme® $6.59 · Mexican Pizza $6.29 · Burrito Supreme® $5.99
Cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme®: $6.49 at 3195 Market St (one of 3 at this price) · priciest: $6.99 at 4401 Mission Blvd..
Typical prices in San Diego: Chicken Burrito $10.57 · Chicken Bowl $10.57 · Steak Burrito $12.57
Cheapest Chicken Burrito: $9.95 at 7081 Clairemont Mesa Blvd · priciest: $11.25 at 734 University Ave.
Typical prices in San Diego: Dave's Single® $6.99 · Baconator® $9.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $7.99
Cheapest Dave's Single®: $6.99 at 6585 Mission Gorge Road (one of 10 at this price) · priciest: $8.19 at 1497 Piper Ranch Road.
Typical prices in San Diego: Classic Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $5.99 · Regular Cajun Fries $4.19
Cheapest Classic Chicken Sandwich: $5.99 at 1561 Euclid Ave (one of 9 at this price) · priciest: $6.49 at 6095 El Cajon Blvd.
Typical prices in San Diego: Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich $6.59 · Spicy Chicken Sandwich $7.09 · 8 ct Chick-fil-A® Nuggets $6.69
Cheapest Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich: $6.49 at 17115 Camino Del Sur · priciest: $6.75 at 2401 Truxtun Rd.
Typical prices in San Diego: 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza $22.50 · 14 Inch Original Create Your Own $22.50 · 14 Inch Thin Pepperoni Pizza $22.50
Every priced Papa John's in San Diego charges $22.50 for the 14 Inch Original Pepperoni Pizza.
Typical prices in San Diego: Whopper $7.59 · Whopper with Cheese $7.59 · Original Chicken Sandwich $6.79
Cheapest Whopper: $7.59 at 1210 11th Ave (one of 4 at this price) · priciest: $7.99 at 3747 Rosecrans Street (one of 3 at this price).
Typical prices in San Diego: 8 pc. Chicken Only $24.99 · Famous Bowl $8.29 · 3 pc. Chicken Combo $12.49
Every priced KFC in San Diego charges $24.99 for the 8 pc. Chicken Only.
The typical price is $7.39 across the 39 McDonald's restaurants we price in San Diego (checked November 5, 2026). The US typical price is $6.09.
The same Big Mac® costs $5.99 at the McDonald's on 16440 Bernardo Center Dr and $8.27 at Mcdonald?S San Diego Airport, 3301 N. Ha — 38% more, inside one city.
McDonald's, with prices tracked at 39 San Diego restaurants, of the 144 restaurants across 10 chains in this guide.
We read the price of every item on the menu at each restaurant from the chain's own ordering system, every week. A "typical" price is the median across the restaurants named on the page, and every restaurant counts once: when a menu lists the same item twice under two spellings, the restaurant still contributes one price. The cheapest and priciest restaurants named on this page exclude the handful of listings whose price sits outside 0.4–2.5× the item's national typical price — a $99 sauce cup is a till glitch, not a price, and it should not be able to win "priciest" either. Named extremes also exclude one-day pricing anomalies: a price that appears at dozens of restaurants in a single day's collection and nowhere else in our archive is treated as a collection glitch, not a price, though those restaurants still count toward every typical price. State and city indexes average each menu item's local typical price against its national typical price, so every item counts once and no single chain dominates.