Avocado Prices in Miami — Wholesale & Retail Data
Miami is the one US market where two avocado worlds coexist: the national Hass trade — Mexican fruit trucked through the Southeast — and Florida's own green-skin industry, centered on Miami-Dade county. The city is also the gateway for Caribbean and Latin American produce flows, which keeps its terminals liquid year-round.
This page tracks Miami's live wholesale and retail averages in USD per kilogram for the Hass market that dominates national volume, with the local green-skin season explained in the commentary — the benchmark for buyers serving Florida and the Caribbean basin.
Market snapshot — at the latest verified benchmarks: the average wholesale price in Miami stands at $3.04/kg, the wholesale average at $3.04/kg and the retail average at $4.80/kg. All figures are recomputed daily from scanned market data.
The trend series is an indicative benchmark-anchored series around current verified levels, not daily observed quotes.
Miami is the exception to the US Hass monoculture: alongside imported Hass, Miami-Dade county grows the country's only commercial green-skin crop (Simmonds, Lula, Monroe, Booth) — larger, juicier, lower-oil fruit sold mainly through local and Latino grocers from summer into autumn.
Projected 7-day average — linear trend fit over the recent series, aligned with the CIRAD-style weekly read.
Hass meets the green-skin market
Florida's avocado industry grows green-skin varieties — Simmonds, Lula, Monroe, Booth — that are larger, lower-oil and cheaper per kilogram than Hass. From early summer into autumn, Miami-Dade's crop floods local markets and Latino grocers at prices well below the Hass ladder, pulling price-sensitive volume away from the national fruit.
The two markets barely compete on quality — Hass wins on taste, shelf life and ripening predictability — so the green-skin season mainly diverts value-driven shoppers rather than depressing the Hass benchmark itself. Hass in Miami therefore tracks the Southeast wholesale ladder with only mild seasonal softness.
Gateway logistics
Miami's terminals receive Mexican Hass transshipped through Texas plus direct imports from Latin America, giving buyers a second sourcing lane the rest of the East Coast lacks. Hurricane-season disruptions are the structural risk: a disturbed Gulf or port week can tighten arrivals and lift the band quickly.
For category buyers, the practical Miami play is seasonal: feature local green-skin during the Florida summer for value positioning, then pivot programs to Hass as the local crop ends — the transition week is when promotional economics shift most sharply.
Data sources & methodology
How these prices are collected
Wholesale benchmarks are midpoints of the observed low–high bands at Florida's terminal markets (Miami, Orlando), in USD per kilogram, for the Hass trade. Retail benchmarks blend HAB retail-data, Circana/NielsenIQ scan data and published shelf observations from the major chains active in the metro.
The trend series is an indicative benchmark-anchored series around the current verified levels, not a record of daily observed quotes. Florida green-skin volumes trade through local channels without a standardized national quote.
Prices are informational market intelligence in USD, not financial or trading advice. Averages are recomputed regularly from the latest scanned market data and are quoted per kilogram.
Frequently asked questions
What is the current avocado price in Miami?
The live Miami wholesale and retail averages for the Hass market are shown in the statistics section above, in USD per kilogram, with the recent trend chart alongside.
Are Florida avocados different from Hass?
Yes. Florida grows large, lower-oil green-skin varieties that are cheaper per kilogram and seasonally abundant from summer into autumn. They compete mainly on price in local and Latino channels, while Hass holds the national quality trade.
When are avocados cheapest in Miami?
During the Florida green-skin season — roughly June through October — when the local crop floods value channels, and during national Hass promotion weeks, which are frequent in this promotion-driven market.