A good cigar for $5 is not a different category of tobacco on this list. The 12 named-brand cigars here all cost $5.00 or less, all rate 4.6, and they run from $2.25 to $5.00. One brand each, and none of those brands already appears on our best cigars under $5 ranking.
These 12 came out of a pool of 210 rated cigars at $5 or less from brands not already on that other page. Every pick here is rated 4.6, so the ranking is alphabetical, not a quality ladder. The cheapest cigar, at $2.25, scores the same as the three that cost $5.00.
Price of all 12 picks at $5 or less
Every one of these 12 cigars carries the same 4.60 rating, so rating is not what separates them. Price is: the Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro costs $2.25 against $5.00 at the top of the list — 2.2× the price, $2.75 more, for an identical score.
cheapest — $2.25the other 11 picks
- Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro$2.25
- Flor de A. Allones Allones No. 7$3.75
- Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Robusto$4.40
- Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver Robusto Corto$4.50
- Dona Flor Selecao Robusto$4.50
- La Flor Dominicana 2000 Series No. 1$4.55
- Camacho Havana Figurado$4.70
- Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 Machito$4.85
- Brick House Robusto$4.95
- Illusione 68$5.00
- La Gloria Cubana Rabito De Cochino$5.00
- Nestor Miranda 1989 Habano Torpedo$5.00
12 Good Cigars for $5, Ranked
Ranked by catalog rating, then alphabetically because every cigar here ties at 4.6. That order is not a verdict, so choose on price, size, and origin instead. Every price is for a single cigar. The other under-$5 page already ranks a different twelve.
1. Brick House Robusto
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.95
- Strength: Medium
- Size: 5 x 54 Robusto, Nicaragua wrapper, Nicaragua
The Brick House Robusto is rated 4.6 at $4.95. Five cents under the $5.00 ceiling, on a 54 ring that is as wide as anything on this page. It is a Nicaraguan puro: Nicaraguan wrapper on a Nicaraguan cigar.
Start here if you want a standard robusto just under $5.00.
2. Camacho Havana Figurado
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.70
- Strength: Medium-Full
- Size: 7 x 54 Figurado, Honduras wrapper, Honduras
The Camacho Havana Figurado is rated 4.6 at $4.70. It is the longest cigar in the twelve at 7 inches, and it shares the 54 ring with the Brick House above. A Honduran puro, and one of five Honduran cigars here.
Start here if you want the long format at this price.
3. Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver Robusto Corto
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.50
- Strength: Medium
- Size: 4.88 x 52 Robusto, Honduras wrapper, Honduras
The Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver Robusto Corto is rated 4.6 at $4.50. At 4.88 inches it is one of the shorter robustos on the page, on a standard 52 ring. Same $4.50 as the Dona Flor below, different country.
Start here if you want a short Honduran robusto.
4. Dona Flor Selecao Robusto
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.50
- Strength: Full
- Size: 5 x 52 Robusto, Brazil wrapper, Brazil
The Dona Flor Selecao Robusto is rated 4.6 at $4.50. It is the only Brazilian cigar in the twelve, and one of only two Full-strength cigars. Same 5 x 52 robusto shape as several others here, with a different origin.
Start here if you want the Brazilian cigar, or you want Full at this price.
5. Flor de A. Allones Allones No. 7
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $3.75
- Strength: Medium-Full
- Size: 5 x 50 Robusto, Ecuador wrapper, Honduras
The Flor de A. Allones Allones No. 7 is rated 4.6 at $3.75. It is the second-cheapest cigar in the ranking, $1.25 under the $5.00 ceiling, on a 5 x 50 robusto. Honduran origin with an Ecuadorian wrapper, so it is not a puro.
Start here if you want a $5 cigar that is actually closer to $4.
6. Illusione 68
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $5.00
- Strength: Full
- Size: 4 x 44 Miscellaneous, Nicaragua wrapper, Nicaragua
The Illusione 68 is rated 4.6 at $5.00. It is the shortest cigar in the twelve at 4 inches, on a 44 ring, and our catalog lists the shape as Miscellaneous. Same $5.00 and same 4.6 as two other cigars here; this is the small one.
Start here if you want a short cigar at the $5.00 ceiling.
7. Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Robusto
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.40
- Strength: Medium-Full
- Size: 5 x 50 Robusto, Honduras wrapper, Honduras
The Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Robusto is rated 4.6 at $4.40. Another 5 x 50 Honduran robusto, $0.65 under the ceiling. Same rating as every other cigar on the page.
Start here if you want a Honduran robusto and the Allones at $3.75 is sold out.
8. Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 Machito
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.85
- Strength: Undisclosed
- Size: 4.75 x 42 Petit Corona, Nicaragua wrapper, Nicaragua
The Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 Machito is rated 4.6 at $4.85. Its 42 ring gauge is the narrowest here. Our catalog lists its strength as Undisclosed. At 4.75 inches it is a short, thin petit corona rather than a robusto.
Start here if you want the smallest mouthful of smoke on this list.
9. La Flor Dominicana 2000 Series No. 1
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $4.55
- Strength: Medium
- Size: 6.5 x 44 Lonsdale, Cameroon wrapper, Dominican Republic
The La Flor Dominicana 2000 Series No. 1 is rated 4.6 at $4.55. It is one of two Dominican cigars here, the only Cameroon wrapper, and at 6.5 x 44 it is a long, narrow lonsdale rather than a robusto.
Start here if you want a long, thin cigar and you want the Dominican one with the Cameroon wrapper.
10. La Gloria Cubana Rabito De Cochino
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $5.00
- Strength: Medium
- Size: 6.5 x 44 Lonsdale, Ecuador wrapper, Dominican Republic
The La Gloria Cubana Rabito De Cochino is rated 4.6 at $5.00. Same 6.5 x 44 lonsdale as the LFD above, $0.45 more, Ecuadorian wrapper instead of Cameroon. One of three cigars at the $5.00 ceiling.
Start here if you want that long, narrow format and you would rather have the La Gloria than the LFD.
11. Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $2.25
- Strength: Medium
- Size: 6 x 50 Toro, Mexico wrapper, Honduras
The Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro is rated 4.6 at $2.25. This is the cigar the whole page argues for: cheapest of the twelve, and rated even with the three cigars that cost $5.00. A 6 x 50 toro, so it is not a stubby cheap cigar — seven of the other eleven are shorter.
Start here if you have never spent $5 on a cigar and you want to know what the floor actually buys.
12. Nestor Miranda 1989 Habano Torpedo
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $5.00
- Strength: Medium-Full
- Size: 6.13 x 52 Figurado, Nicaragua wrapper, Nicaragua
The Nestor Miranda 1989 Habano Torpedo is rated 4.6 at $5.00. It is the third cigar at the ceiling, a 6.13 x 52 figurado, and the last of the four Nicaraguan cigars on the page.
Start here if you want a tapered head at $5.00. On the numbers it scores the same as the $2.25 cigar.
Which One Should You Actually Buy
Buy the Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro, rated 4.6 at $2.25. It is the cheapest cigar on the page and it matches the only rating here. The three cigars at $5.00 score the same 4.6.
Three reasons to buy something else:
- You want the long format. That is the Camacho Havana Figurado, rated 4.6 at $4.70, 7 inches on a 54 ring.
- You want Full strength. Only two of the twelve are labelled Full: the Dona Flor Selecao Robusto at $4.50 and the Illusione 68 at $5.00.
- You want the smallest mouthful of smoke. The Joya de Nicaragua Antaño 1970 Machito is a 42 ring gauge. Nothing else here is narrower than 44.
Set your ceiling below and the picker names the best cigar in the twelve you can actually buy for it.
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Pick a $5 cigar
All 12 ranked cigars, $2.25 to $5.00, drawn from 210 rated cigars at $5 or less from brands not already on the under-$5 list. Set your ceiling and it names the best one you can actually buy.
Take Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro — rated 4.6 at $2.25, 6" x 50 Toro, medium.
7 of the 12 cigars match at or under $4.75. Top 5 shown.
- Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro
- Flor de A. Allones Allones No. 7
- Indian Tabac Super Fuerte Robusto
- Carlos Toraño Exodus 1959 Silver Robusto Corto
- Dona Flor Selecao Robusto
Nothing in this ranking scores higher than 4.6 on these filters. Spending more here buys size and wrapper, not a better score.
How This List Differs From the Under-$5 Ranking
This is not a second copy of best cigars under $5. That page ranks a different twelve from the same $5.00 ceiling, and its top rating is 4.7. This page is one cigar per brand after those twelve are removed, which is why every pick here is rated 4.6 and why the brand names do not repeat.
The pool is 210 rated cigars at $5 or less from brands that did not already appear on that other list. If you want the highest-rated cigars at this price, start there. If you want twelve more named-brand cigars at the same ceiling, this is the page.
Size, Strength, and Where They Are From
Five of the twelve are Honduran, four Nicaraguan, two Dominican, and one Brazilian. The Brazilian cigar is the Dona Flor. The two Dominican cigars are the LFD and the La Gloria Cubana, both 6.5 x 44 lonsdales.
Strength is mixed, and one is Undisclosed. Five are Medium, four are Medium-Full, two are Full, and the Joya Machito is Undisclosed. There is no Mild cigar on this list.
Size is not one format. Length runs from 4 inches to 7 inches. Ring gauge runs from 42 to 54. The $2.25 cigar is a 6 x 50 toro, so cheap here does not mean small.
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What is a good cigar for $5?
The Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro, rated 4.6 at $2.25. Every cigar on this page is rated 4.6, and this is the cheapest of them. The three cigars at $5.00 score the same.
If you want the highest-rated cigars at this price instead, that is the other list: best cigars under $5, which ranks a different twelve and tops out at 4.7.
Is a $5 cigar actually good?
On this page, every pick is rated 4.6, whether it costs $2.25 or $5.00. That is the same rating as eight of the twelve cigars on our beginner list, several of which cost more than $5.00.
Paying the full $5.00 instead of $2.25 buys a different brand, size, and origin. It does not buy a higher score.
What is the cheapest good cigar here?
The Maria Mancini Robusto Larga Maduro at $2.25, rated 4.6. The next cheapest is the Flor de A. Allones Allones No. 7 at $3.75, also rated 4.6.
Both are Honduran. The Allones is a 5 x 50 robusto; the Maria Mancini is a 6 x 50 toro.
How is this different from the best cigars under $5 list?
Different twelve, different brands, different question. The under-$5 ranking is the highest-rated cigars at $5 or less, and it tops out at 4.7. This page takes the brands that did not already appear there and ranks one cigar each. Every pick here is 4.6.
Use that page for the top of the $5 band. Use this one when you want twelve more named-brand cigars at the same ceiling.