Large French Fries
Large French Fries at McDonald's. 480 calories, $4.32.
Data as of November 6, 2026.
Photograph from McDonald's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the McDonald's menu
At 480 calories it is heavier than 76% of the 668 McDonald's items we track, against a menu median of 281. At 111 calories per dollar it is 90th of 217 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at McDonald's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| McCrispy™ | 470 | −10 |
| Bacon McDouble® | 460 | −20 |
| Mac Junior® | 460 | −20 |
| Bacon Deluxe Egg McMuffin® | 460 | −20 |
| Cheese Cake | 460 | −20 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King | Kid's French Fries | 140 | — |
| Burger King | Value French Fries | 230 | — |
| Wendy's | French Fries | 260 | 14.41 |
| Burger King | Small French Fries | 300 | — |
| Burger King | French Fries | 370 | 12.32 |
| Burger King | Medium French Fries | 370 | — |
What a Large French Fries costs across America
Priced at 3,482 McDonald's restaurants in 42 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $3.79 and $5.19, a spread of 37%.
It is on the menu at 3,482 of the 12,228 restaurants sampled, so it is not carried everywhere.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest Large French Fries in the sample is $2.79 in League City, TX, and the most expensive is $6.51 in Corvallis, OR. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 42 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 34 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| NM | $3.59 | 26 | cheapest |
| TX | $3.69 | 131 | cheapest |
| UT | $3.80 | 61 | cheapest |
| TN | $3.89 | 125 | cheapest |
| CA | $5.49 | 129 | most expensive |
| HI | $5.39 | 24 | most expensive |
| MA | $5.29 | 131 | most expensive |
| NH | $5.19 | 10 | most expensive |
Priced like this at McDonald's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Large French Fries $4.32. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Breakfast | $4.29 | 77% | 10,778 |
| Crispy Chicken McGriddles® | $4.29 | 66% | 2,674 |
| Daily Double® | $4.19 | 43% | 11,693 |
| Honey Brown Butter Crispy Chicken Biscuit | $4.19 | 41% | 1,907 |
| Egg Cheese Bagel | $4.49 | 50% | 8,478 |
Calorie and price data come from McDonald's own ordering system. USDA does not publish a full nutrient panel for this item.
Priced from the complete menu at 3,482 restaurants — every location that lists it, not a sample.
Citing this data
Source: Fast Food Index (https://fastfoodindex.com/mcdonalds/large-french-fries/), prices checked November 6, 2026. You are welcome to quote any figure on this page.
The typical Large French Fries costs $4.32 at McDonald's — the median across 3,482 priced restaurants.
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