The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii increased 0.3 percent for the two months ending in November 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent during the two-month period. The food index rose 1.2 percent, while the energy index was unchanged. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect 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 Honolulu area all items CPI-U advanced 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.3 percent over the year. The food index increased 4.4 percent. The energy index decreased 1.0 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Urban Hawaii, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	5.8	3.6
Jan 2023	5.2	3.7
Mar 2023	3.3	3.0
May 2023	2.0	2.5
Jul 2023	2.1	3.3
Sep 2023	2.2	3.0
Nov 2023	3.6	4.8
Jan 2024	3.9	4.7
Mar 2024	4.8	5.6
May 2024	5.2	5.8
Jul 2024	4.5	5.0
Sep 2024	4.2	4.9
Nov 2024	3.5	4.4
Jan 2025	4.1	4.7
Mar 2025	2.6	2.5
May 2025	2.7	2.9
Jul 2025	2.3	2.5
Sep 2025	2.2	2.4
Nov 2025	2.4	2.3

The food index advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending in November. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) increased 1.9 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.2 percent for the same period.

The food index increased 4.4 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 6.3 percent. The food away from home index rose 1.4 percent.

The energy index was unchanged for the two months ending in November. Gasoline prices fell 0.4 percent.

The energy index decreased 1.0 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 2.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for medical care (+4.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+2.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-2.0 percent) and shelter (-0.7 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.3 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for medical care (+4.7 percent) and shelter (+1.5 percent).

The January 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area is scheduled to be released on February 11, 2026.

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 Urban Hawaii 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.

Percent changes for all-items data previously found in Table A of this release can be accessed in Chart 1 for this release and its attendant data table. A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Urban Hawaii Core Based Statistical Area includes Honolulu County in the State of Hawaii.

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

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Table 1. Urban Hawaii, 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		350.230	-	351.357	2.4	0.3	-
All items (1967=100)		964.173	-	967.276
Food and beverages		382.304	-	386.964	4.3	1.2	-
Food		386.571	-	391.391	4.4	1.2	-
Food at home		367.568	-	374.536	6.3	1.9	-
Cereals and bakery products		412.079	-	417.652	3.3	1.4	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		355.275	-	365.422	10.2	2.9	-
Dairy and related products		294.088	-	302.210	2.3	2.8	-
Fruits and vegetables		411.178	-	433.185	7.1	5.4	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		469.487	-	465.069	5.8	-0.9	-
Other food at home		371.230	-	372.247	6.0	0.3	-
Food away from home		401.291	-	401.994	1.4	0.2	-
Alcoholic beverages		312.196	-	313.478	2.2	0.4	-
Housing		384.064	-	382.637	1.9	-0.4	-
Shelter		420.824	-	417.980	1.5	-0.7	-
Rent of primary residence		420.868	-	413.911	0.3	-1.7	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		430.030	-	431.464	2.3	0.3	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		430.030	-	431.464	2.3	0.3	-
Household furnishings and operations		172.747	-	177.699	6.6	2.9	-
Apparel		143.033	-	137.214	10.1	-4.1	-
Transportation		277.161	-	277.649	0.6	0.2	-
Private transportation		286.717	-	284.329	1.2	-0.8	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		125.791	-	123.285	0.7	-2.0	-
New vehicles(1)		193.507	-	190.243	1.2	-1.7	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		322.941	-	319.252	2.7	-1.1	-
Motor fuel		349.616	-	348.266	-1.9	-0.4	-
Gasoline (all types)		358.742	359.737	357.318	-2.0	-0.4	-0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		371.304	372.368	369.651	-2.1	-0.4	-0.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		300.716	301.318	299.559	-1.8	-0.4	-0.6
Unleaded premium(4)		340.003	340.851	339.255	-1.5	-0.2	-0.5
Medical Care		524.222	-	545.376	4.7	4.0	-
Recreation(3)		156.852	-	158.916	2.7	1.3	-
Education and communication(3)		155.640	-	155.987	3.1	0.2	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,120.958	-	2,125.022	3.3	0.2	-
Other goods and services		636.640	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 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. Data not seasonally adjusted. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Urban Hawaii, 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		350.230	-	351.357	2.4	0.3	-
Food		386.571	-	391.391	4.4	1.2	-
Energy		357.457	-	357.353	-1.0	0.0	-
All items less food and energy		347.940	-	348.606	2.3	0.2	-
All items less energy		351.858	-	353.060	2.6	0.3	-
All items less medical care		340.858	-	340.998	2.2	0.0	-
All items less shelter		318.884	-	322.347	3.1	1.1	-
Commodities		260.453	-	262.017	3.5	0.6	-
Commodities less food		193.799	-	194.013	2.8	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		189.267	-	189.462	2.8	0.1	-
Durables		127.952	-	127.401	2.9	-0.4	-
Nondurables		319.540	-	322.757	3.7	1.0	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		251.443	-	253.098	2.8	0.7	-
Nondurables less food		255.046	-	256.692	2.7	0.6	-
Services		428.931	-	429.769	1.9	0.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		432.304	-	439.491	2.5	1.7	-
Services less medical care services		420.115	-	419.539	1.6	-0.1	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 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.