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Where is the cheapest place to buy Montecristo No. 5 in Europe right now?

The cheapest verified box of Montecristo No. 5 in Europe right now is at Noblego in Germany at approximately €420 for a box of 25 (about €16.80 per cigar). The full ranking — refreshed every six hours across 4 European retailers — is in the table above.

Prices and availability shift weekly. Save this SKU to your watchlist with the Save price alert button to get an email the moment any retailer in your country drops below your target price.

Will the listed price include duty + VAT for my country?

The Duty / Ships column above tells you exactly that. Each retailer listed price is all-in (excise duty + VAT included) only in their home country. Buy from a German retailer as a German buyer: what you see is what you pay. Buy cross-border (e.g. a Swiss retailer shipping to Germany, or any EU retailer shipping to the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, or Ireland) and the destination country will charge its own tobacco excise + VAT at the door — typically €100–€300 extra on a box of 25 Habanos, sometimes much more for the UK.

If you set your destination country on the page, every row that is genuinely all-in for you gets highlighted in green. The dimmed rows are honest-looking prices that will cost more than they show.

How does Montecristo No. 5 compare to other Montecristo cigars?

The Montecristo No. 5 is the smallest in the Línea Clásica and the shortest Cuban premium most aficionados keep in their daily rotation. At 4 inches by a 40 ring (Habanos calls the shape Perla), it's designed for the 20-to-30-minute window — a coffee break, a quick after-lunch smoke, the gap before a meeting. Continuous production since 1935 with the same blend, only scaled down: medium-bodied Vuelta Abajo filler under a sturdy Habano wrapper that ages well in a humidor for two to three years.

If you want a side-by-side comparison of Montecristo other vitolas at current European prices, the SKUs we track are: Montecristo No. 4, Montecristo No. 2, Montecristo Petit Edmundo, Montecristo Edmundo. Each link opens its own live price-comparison page.

Is the price for Montecristo No. 5 likely to drop?

Habanos S.A. (the Cuban state tobacco monopoly) sets the worldwide release-price floor for every Habano in this catalogue. That floor went up roughly 40% during the 2022–2024 global price harmonisation, and Habanos has signalled further annual increases through 2027. So the long-term trend is up, not down.

Short-term, prices fluctuate at the retailer level — Swiss promotional weeks, German LCDH clearance, the occasional Spanish over-stock. The Finder catches those. A drop alert with no target price will email you on any meaningful reduction; setting a target locks the alert to your specific budget.

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Montecristo No. 5

Cheapest €420.00 · Noblego, Germany
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Montecristo · Línea Clásica

No. 5

The pocket Monte. A 25-minute Perla format that's the most-shipped sub-1-hour Cuban premium in Europe.

ShapePerla
Ring40
Length102 mm
Box25 cigars
Tierstandard
Strengthmedium

Tracking 4 offers across 3 countries · range €420–€499 · spread 19%

Every offer we're tracking

4 offers · sorted by EUR

Retailer Country Price EUR eq. Per cigar Stock Verified
Noblego Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany €420.00 €420 €16.80 In stock 15 May Shop →
Cigarworld.de Düsseldorf 🇩🇪 Germany €430.00 €430 €17.20 In stock 15 May Search →
LCDH Brussel (Charlemagne) Brussels 🇧🇪 Belgium €435.00 €435 €17.40 In stock 15 May Search →
Cigarmust (LCDH Lugano/Mendrisio) Mendrisio 🇨🇭 Switzerland CHF 475.00 €499 €19.95 In stock 15 May Shop →
From the tasting notes

The Montecristo No. 5 is the smallest in the Línea Clásica and the shortest Cuban premium most aficionados keep in their daily rotation. At 4 inches by a 40 ring (Habanos calls the shape Perla), it's designed for the 20-to-30-minute window — a coffee break, a quick after-lunch smoke, the gap before a meeting. Continuous production since 1935 with the same blend, only scaled down: medium-bodied Vuelta Abajo filler under a sturdy Habano wrapper that ages well in a humidor for two to three years.

The smoke is gentler than the No. 4 because of the smaller ring gauge — less tobacco, less concentrated. First third opens with mild earth and hay; the middle settles into Montecristo's signature woody-cedar core with a touch of sweetness; the last third delivers a smooth, slightly toasty finish that holds for the full 25 minutes without burning hot. Across Europe the No. 5 is one of the most price-stable Cuban SKUs: Noblego runs around €420 per box of 25, Cigarworld €430, LCDH Brussels €435, Cigarmust CHF 475 (~€500 after FX). The €80 absolute spread is meaningful for a high-volume daily smoker — and the No. 5 is the SKU you smoke the most boxes of.

Other Montecristo vitolas

Same brand — different smoke.

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