Dubai: Shopping on Wednesday for seafood will get you the lowest prices!

An ideal time to buy any variant of fish or shrimp is halfway though the week: analysis

Dubai: If you were pondering which day of the week would be ideal to pick up seafood, the answer is - Wednesday. A study of prices over the last four weeks showed that the cost of fish and shrimp dropped halfway through the week.

The price of all seafood variants, be it Seabass, Hamour, Kingfish, Salmon, Sea Bream or small-sized shrimp, was seen dropping mid-week in the past weeks. So, that would be good news for those seafood-lovers who were looking for cost-effective days to shop!

When analysing prices, it was also observed that the days prices largely stayed consistantly high was the start of the week, particularly Sunday and Monday.

Current per-kilogram prices of every variant of fish and shrimp that is available in the market:

As of Wednesday, among fish variants, Seabass costs Dh38 per kilogram and Hamour was priced at Dh60. On the other hand, Kingfish now costs Dh35.9, while Salmon was priced at Dh38.9. A kilo of Sea Bream costs Dh34, while small-sized shrimp was cheaply currently priced at Dh24.9.