Padrón's rating barely moves with price. The 1964 Anniversary Hermoso is rated 4.85 at $13.20; the 60th Anniversary Perfecto is rated 4.85 at $75.00, the same score for 5.7x the money.
The Padrón brand page lists 95 cigars from $3.50 to $75.00. Five of them are rated 4.85 or better, and those five run from $13.20 to $75.00. Sixty of the 95 cost under $20, and the best-rated cigar in that group scores 4.85, matching the best of the two $75.00 cigars here. Spending more buys you a longer cigar, a scarcer release, and a better box. It does not reliably buy you a better score.
Here are all 12, ranked by rating and then by price, with what each one is actually for.
Price vs. rating, all 95 Padrón cigars
Every cigar in the catalog sits inside a 0.50-point rating band (4.40 to 4.90) while prices spread 21×, from $3.50 to $75.00. Paying more buys size, wrapper and scarcity — not a materially better score.
The 12 Best Padrón Cigars, Ranked
Ranked by catalog rating, then by price ascending, with one cigar drawn from each line before the list doubles back. Every price is the catalog price for a single cigar.
1. Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro
- Rating: 4.9
- Price: $40.00
- Line: Family Reserve
- Size: 5.5 x 56, full strength, Nicaraguan maduro wrapper
The Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro is rated 4.9 at $40.00. It is the only cigar in the entire 95-record Padrón catalog at 4.9, and paying more does not get you closer to it. Two cigars cost as much or more and score lower: the 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Maduro is $40.00 at 4.65, and the Black PB-97 is $40.80 at 4.65.
Buy it if: you want the single best-rated Padrón and the price is not the deciding factor.
2. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Hermoso
- Rating: 4.85
- Price: $13.20
- Line: 1964 Anniversary
- Size: 4 x 56, medium strength
The 1964 Anniversary Hermoso is rated 4.85 at $13.20. This is the value story of the whole brand: it is the cheapest of the four cigars Padrón makes at 4.85, and the dearest of those four is $75.00. At 4 inches with a 56 ring gauge it is short and thick, which is the format to pick when you want the flavor without the hour.
Buy it if: you want the highest score per dollar in the catalog. This is the box I would buy.
3. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo Natural
- Rating: 4.85
- Price: $17.80
- Line: 1964 Anniversary
- Size: 6 x 52, medium-full strength
The 1964 Anniversary Torpedo Natural is rated 4.85 at $17.80. It is two inches longer than the Hermoso on a narrower 52 ring, which is the same blend stretched into a shape that burns for an evening rather than a coffee break.
Buy it if: you find maduro sweetness heavy and want the 1964 blend without it.
4. Padrón Serie 1926 No. 9
- Rating: 4.85
- Price: $18.00
- Line: Serie 1926
- Size: 5.25 x 56
The Serie 1926 No. 9 is rated 4.85 at $18.00. Serie 1926 has 21 cigars in the catalog and this is the best-scoring one, which makes it the reference point for the line. We reviewed it separately in the Padrón 1926 No. 9 review.
Buy it if: you want to know what the 1926 line is about and only plan to smoke one.
5. Padrón 60th Anniversary Perfecto
- Rating: 4.85
- Price: $75.00
- Line: Anniversary (50th/60th)
- Size: 6.5 x 56, medium-full strength
The 60th Anniversary Perfecto is rated 4.85 at $75.00. Nothing in the catalog costs more, and it does not out-score a cigar from the same brand at a fifth of the price. Its twin, the 60th Anniversary Perfecto Maduro, costs the same $75.00 and is rated 4.55.
Buy it if: the occasion is the point. Do not buy it expecting a better smoke than the Hermoso.
6. Padrón Serie 1926 No. 6
- Rating: 4.8
- Price: $17.40
- Line: Serie 1926
- Size: 4.75 x 50, medium-full strength
The Serie 1926 No. 6 is rated 4.8 at $17.40. It is the shortest Serie 1926 in this ranking and the cheapest one.
Buy it if: you like the 1926 profile but want it in under an hour.
7. Padrón Serie 1926 No. 2
- Rating: 4.8
- Price: $17.70
- Line: Serie 1926
- Size: 5.5 x 52, medium-full strength
The Serie 1926 No. 2 is rated 4.8 at $17.70. Thirty cents more than the No. 6 buys three quarters of an inch and two ring gauges, which is the most predictable trade in the line.
Buy it if: the No. 6 is too short for how you actually smoke.
8. Padrón Serie 1926 No. 48 Maduro
- Rating: 4.8
- Price: $24.90
- Line: Serie 1926
- Size: 5.5 x 60, medium strength
The Serie 1926 No. 48 Maduro is rated 4.8 at $24.90. Eight Padróns in the catalog carry a 60 ring gauge and only two of them are rated medium strength. This is the better-scoring of those two.
Buy it if: you want a big-ring cigar that does not punish you for it.
9. Padrón Serie 1926 80 Years Maduro
- Rating: 4.8
- Price: $30.00
- Line: Serie 1926
- Size: 6.75 x 54, medium-full strength
The Serie 1926 80 Years Maduro is rated 4.8 at $30.00. Compare it with its natural sibling: the Serie 1926 80 Years costs $33.80 and is rated 4.7. The maduro is the cheaper cigar and the better-scoring one, which is not the usual direction.
Buy it if: you want the longest 1926 here and you are choosing between the two wrappers.
10. Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Pyramide Maduro
- Rating: 4.75
- Price: $19.80
- Line: 1964 Anniversary
- Size: 6.88 x 52, medium-full strength
The 1964 Anniversary Pyramide Maduro is rated 4.75 at $19.80. It is the longest 1964 in this ranking, it is a shaped cigar rather than a parejo, and it stays under $20.
Buy it if: you want a shaped cigar and a long sit without crossing $20.
11. Padrón Magnum Maduro
- Rating: 4.7
- Price: $8.20
- Line: Classic (Thousand Series)
- Size: 9 x 50
The Magnum Maduro is rated 4.7 at $8.20. Seventeen Padróns in the catalog cost under $10 and none of them scores higher than this one. It is also 9 inches long, the longest format Padrón makes here, which is an odd thing to find at this price.
Buy it if: you want the best cheap Padrón, or you want a very long cigar for very little money.
12. Padrón Damaso No. 15 Toro
- Rating: 4.6
- Price: $7.50
- Line: Damaso
- Size: 6 x 52, medium strength, Ecuador Connecticut wrapper
The Damaso No. 15 Toro is rated 4.6 at $7.50. This is the only cigar in the ranking that is not Nicaraguan-wrapped — Damaso uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut leaf — and that is exactly why it is here. It is the mildest way into the brand.
Buy it if: full-strength Nicaraguan tobacco is not what you want, or you are handing cigars to people who do not smoke much.
What to Buy at Your Budget
- Under $10: the Magnum Maduro is rated 4.7 at $8.20. Nothing cheaper in the catalog scores higher.
- Under $20: the 1964 Anniversary Hermoso is rated 4.85 at $13.20. That is the top score in the brand outside a single cigar, for less than the median Padrón price of $17.05.
- $20 to $30: the Serie 1926 No. 48 Maduro is rated 4.8 at $24.90. Bigger ring, medium strength, the same 1926 tobacco.
- $40 and up: the Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro is rated 4.9 at $40.00. Every Padrón more expensive than it scores lower.
Use the finder below to filter the full 95-cigar Padrón catalog by budget, strength, and size.
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Find your Padrón
Every one of the 95 Padróns in our catalog, from $3.50 to $75.00, median $17.05. Set your ceiling and it tells you the best one you can actually buy.
The best Padrón you can buy for $17.00 is Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Hermoso at 4.85.
47 Padróns at or under $17.00. Top 6 shown.
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Hermoso
- Padrón Magnum Maduro
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Exclusivo Maduro
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Principe
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Maduro Diplomatico
- Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Maduro Toro
Stretch to $40.00 — $23.00 over your ceiling — and Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro takes you to 4.9.
The Six Padrón Lines at a Glance
| Line | Cigars | Price range | Top rating | Cheapest cigar at that rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Reserve | 16 | $20.00-$40.00 | 4.9 | $40.00 |
| 1964 Anniversary | 31 | $7.00-$34.50 | 4.85 | $13.20 |
| Serie 1926 | 21 | $10.80-$33.80 | 4.85 | $18.00 |
| Anniversary (50th/60th) | 3 | $40.00-$75.00 | 4.85 | $75.00 |
| Classic (Thousand Series) | 23 | $3.50-$40.80 | 4.7 | $8.20 |
| Damaso | 1 | $7.50 | 4.6 | $7.50 |
Read that last column first. Four lines reach 4.85 or better, and what separates them is what you pay to get there: $13.20 in the 1964 Anniversary, $18.00 in Serie 1926, $75.00 in the 50th/60th Anniversary line, and $40.00 for the lone 4.9 in Family Reserve.
The 1964 Anniversary is the biggest line at 31 cigars and the one to start in. Classic (Thousand Series) is the budget line at 23 cigars and it tops out at 4.7, so it is where you shop for volume rather than for a peak. Damaso is a single cigar. The 50th/60th Anniversary line is three cigars, none under $40.00.
Box-Pressed, and Mostly Nicaraguan
Padrón was founded by José Orlando Padrón, a Cuban exile who started making cigars in Miami and moved production to Nicaragua. The family still runs it, and two house habits show up in every box.
Box-pressing. Padrón presses its cigars square rather than leaving them round. It changes how the cigar sits in the hand and how evenly it burns, and it is the fastest way to recognise a Padrón with the band off. The full argument is in our guide to box-pressed versus round cigars.
Nicaraguan tobacco, with five exceptions. Padrón is usually described as an all-Nicaraguan house and the catalog mostly agrees: 90 of the 95 records carry a Nicaraguan wrapper. The exceptions are the Damaso cigars, which use Ecuadorian wrappers, and the 7000 Maduro, which uses a Brazilian one. If you have been told every Padrón is a Nicaraguan puro, that is close but not exact.
More Padrón reading: Serie 1926 No. 9 review · Best maduro cigars 2026 · Best cigars under $5 · Best premium cigars over $20
Which Padrón cigar is the best?
The Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro is the only 4.9 in the catalog and it costs $40.00. If you want the best score per dollar instead, the 1964 Anniversary Hermoso is rated 4.85 at $13.20.
What is the difference between the Padrón 1926 and 1964 series?
Not the ceiling: both lines top out at exactly 4.85. The 1964 Anniversary is the bigger line, 31 cigars from $7.00 to $34.50, and it hits 4.85 at $13.20. Serie 1926 has 21 cigars and needs $18.00.
What is the cheapest good Padrón cigar?
The Magnum Maduro, rated 4.7 at $8.20. Seventeen Padróns cost under $10 and none of them scores higher. The cheapest Padrón of any kind is the Ambassador Maduro, $3.50 and rated 4.55.
Are Padrón cigars worth the price?
Below $20, mostly yes: 60 of the 95 cost under $20 and the best of them is rated 4.85, matching the top-rated $75.00 cigar. The only Padrón that beats it is the $40.00 Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro.