The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood was down 0.6 percent for the two months ending in November 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the energy index decreased, with gasoline prices falling 15.1 percent. The all items less food and energy index fell 0.2 percent, while the index for food was down 0.6 percent over the two-month period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October.

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area all items CPI-U advanced 2.2 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.7 percent, and the food index rose 1.7 percent. The index for energy declined over the same period.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	6.9	6.7
Jan 2023	6.4	5.9
Mar 2023	5.7	5.6
May 2023	5.1	5.6
Jul 2023	4.7	5.8
Sep 2023	5.4	5.4
Nov 2023	4.5	4.8
Jan 2024	3.5	4.1
Mar 2024	2.8	3.4
May 2024	2.6	2.7
Jul 2024	1.9	2.4
Sep 2024	1.4	2.0
Nov 2024	2.0	2.5
Jan 2025	2.3	2.4
Mar 2025	1.9	2.3
May 2025	2.2	2.7
Jul 2025	2.1	2.7
Sep 2025	3.1	3.7
Nov 2025	2.2	2.7

Food prices fell 0.6 percent for the two months ending in November. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 2.4 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 1.7 percent for the same period. Within the food at home category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-6.5 percent) contributed most to the decline. Prices for other food at home (-1.6 percent), and fruits and vegetables (-2.7 percent) also decreased for the two months ending in November.

Food prices rose 1.7 percent over the year. Prices for food away from home advanced 6.0 percent over the 12-month period.  Prices for food at home declined 1.5 percent, led by decreases in the indexes for fruits and vegetables (-5.8 percent) and other food at home (-4.0 percent).

The energy index decreased over the two-month pricing period. Gasoline prices declined 15.1 percent.

The energy index declined from November 2024 to November 2025. Over the year, the gasoline index was down 8.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for lodging away from home, apparel (-7.9 percent), and recreation (-2.0 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.7 percent), household furnishings and operations (+3.5 percent), and medical care (+1.1 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.7 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+4.6 percent), medical care  services, and household furnishings and operations (+9.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home and public transportation.

The Consumer Price Index for December 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 6:30 a.m. (MT).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Denver is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, Core Based Statistical Area is comprised of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park counties in Colorado.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, CPI-U by expenditure category for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		339.728	-	337.561	2.2	-0.6	-
All items (1967=100)		1,132.851	-	1,125.625	-	-	-
Food and beverages		314.985	-	313.121	1.7	-0.6	-
Food		323.652	-	321.560	1.7	-0.6	-
Food at home		284.772	-	278.025	-1.5	-2.4	-
Cereals and bakery products		351.174	-	343.062	1.4	-2.3	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		305.355	-	285.419	0.9	-6.5	-
Dairy and related products		232.281	-	234.859	-0.6	1.1	-
Fruits and vegetables		314.288	-	305.720	-5.8	-2.7	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		197.803	-	199.116	3.7	0.7	-
Other food at home		250.465	-	246.390	-4.0	-1.6	-
Food away from home		379.149	-	385.491	6.0	1.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		237.182	-	237.589	1.2	0.2	-
Housing		346.583	-	347.915	3.6	0.4	-
Shelter		405.651	-	405.979	3.1	0.1	-
Rent of primary residence		409.447	-	413.726	0.9	1.0	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		405.070	-	407.884	4.6	0.7	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		405.070	-	407.884	4.6	0.7	-
Household furnishings and operations		151.670	-	157.001	9.3	3.5	-
Apparel		117.039	-	107.822	-4.1	-7.9	-
Transportation		342.366	-	331.216	-2.7	-3.3	-
Private transportation		349.470	-	338.822	-1.0	-3.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		134.784	-	133.752	-1.0	-0.8	-
New vehicles(1)		259.053	-	258.596	0.5	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		371.068	-	369.599	3.0	-0.4	-
Motor fuel		270.170	-	230.626	-8.2	-14.6	-
Gasoline (all types)		267.510	242.867	227.202	-8.5	-15.1	-6.5
Unleaded regular(4)		258.344	233.323	217.494	-9.0	-15.8	-6.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		268.487	246.346	231.356	-7.7	-13.8	-6.1
Unleaded premium(4)		299.230	276.713	262.211	-6.7	-12.4	-5.2
Medical care		772.261	-	781.012	7.3	1.1	-
Recreation(3)		192.746	-	188.928	2.8	-2.0	-
Education and communication(3)		129.142	-	129.199	-1.7	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,290.239	-	1,290.239	3.5	0.0	-
Other goods and services		490.671	-	481.560	3.3	-1.9	-
(1) Index is on a January 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a November 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO, CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		339.728	-	337.561	2.2	-0.6	-
Food		323.652	-	321.560	1.7	-0.6	-
Energy		226.496	-	-	-	-	-
All items less food and energy		358.184	-	357.401	2.7	-0.2	-
All items less energy		351.760	-	350.815	2.6	-0.3	-
All items less medical care		319.886	-	317.319	1.8	-0.8	-
All items less shelter		308.358	-	304.907	1.7	-1.1	-
Commodities		215.422	-	211.642	0.4	-1.8	-
Commodities less food		171.690	-	167.623	-0.3	-2.4	-
Commodities less food & beverages		168.933	-	164.754	-0.4	-2.5	-
Durables		130.844	-	129.441	0.8	-1.1	-
Nondurables		261.611	-	256.179	0.2	-2.1	-
Nondurables less food		210.581	-	202.894	-1.4	-3.7	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		208.545	-	200.251	-1.6	-4.0	-
Services		450.959	-	450.384	3.1	-0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		512.816	-	510.716	3.7	-0.4	-
Services less medical care services		424.582	-	423.842	2.6	-0.2	-
(1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.