The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii advanced 1.1 percent for the two months ending in January 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that prices for all items less food and energy increased 1.4 percent during the two-month period. The food index rose 0.4 percent, while the energy index fell 1.3 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Honolulu area all items CPI-U advanced 2.4 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.7 percent over the year. Food prices increased 2.9 percent. Energy prices fell 2.3 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Urban Hawaii, January 2023–January 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
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
Jan 2026	2.4	2.7

Food prices advanced 0.4 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) fell 0.3 percent, with lower prices in 3 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.4 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 2.9 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 2.6 percent, with higher prices in all 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home increased 3.4 percent.

The energy index declined 1.3 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices fell 1.5 percent.

Energy prices fell 2.3 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 2.9 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for shelter (+1.7 percent) and medical care (+1.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-2.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.7 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included medical care (+5.3 percent) and shelter (+2.9 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-1.8 percent).

The March 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area is scheduled to be released on April 10, 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.

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

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Table 1. Urban Hawaii, CPI-U by expenditure category for January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All Items		351.357	-	355.266	2.4	1.1	-
All items (1967=100)		967.276	-	978.039
Food and beverages		386.964	-	387.942	2.8	0.3	-
Food		391.391	-	392.954	2.9	0.4	-
Food at home		374.536	370.571	373.549	2.6	-0.3	0.8
Cereals and bakery products		417.652	403.422	424.226	0.5	1.6	5.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		365.422	359.132	358.980	4.7	-1.8	0.0
Dairy and related products		302.210	304.299	302.478	3.4	0.1	-0.6
Fruits and vegetables		433.185	434.930	428.600	1.1	-1.1	-1.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		465.069	461.226	476.450	10.6	2.4	3.3
Other food at home		372.247	369.973	369.720	0.6	-0.7	-0.1
Food away from home		401.994	-	407.797	3.4	1.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		313.478	-	307.500	0.9	-1.9	-
Housing		382.637	-	387.837	2.7	1.4	-
Shelter		417.980	420.388	425.176	2.9	1.7	1.1
Rent of primary residence		413.911	416.793	422.637	1.7	2.1	1.4
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		431.464	433.937	437.241	2.9	1.3	0.8
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		431.464	433.937	437.241	2.9	1.3	0.8
Household furnishings and operations		177.699	-	175.881	1.7	-1.0	-
Apparel		137.214	-	136.245	7.1	-0.7	-
Transportation		277.649	-	283.171	0.0	2.0	-
Private transportation		284.329	-	281.088	-0.7	-1.1	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		123.285	-	120.871	-1.8	-2.0	-
New vehicles(1)		190.243	-	190.066	0.3	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		319.252	-	305.296	-2.6	-4.4	-
Motor fuel		348.266	344.975	343.252	-2.9	-1.4	-0.5
Gasoline (all types)		357.318	353.943	352.048	-2.9	-1.5	-0.5
Unleaded regular(4)		369.651	365.951	363.952	-3.2	-1.5	-0.5
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		299.559	297.089	294.944	-2.9	-1.5	-0.7
Unleaded premium(4)		339.255	336.727	335.098	-2.0	-1.2	-0.5
Medical Care		545.376	-	552.517	5.3	1.3	-
Recreation(3)		158.916	-	160.049	2.9	0.7	-
Education and communication(3)		155.987	-	154.961	1.9	-0.7	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		2,125.022	-	2,127.924	3.5	0.1	-
Other goods and services		-	-	643.708	0.8	-	-
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.

Table 2. Urban Hawaii, CPI-U by special aggregate index for January 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025
All items		351.357	-	355.266	2.4	1.1	-
Food		391.391	-	392.954	2.9	0.4	-
Energy		357.353	356.027	352.781	-2.3	-1.3	-0.9
All items less food and energy		348.606	-	353.450	2.7	1.4	-
All items less energy		353.060	-	357.451	2.7	1.2	-
All items less medical care		340.998	-	344.742	2.2	1.1	-
All items less shelter		322.347	-	324.504	2.2	0.7	-
Commodities		262.017	-	260.567	1.5	-0.6	-
Commodities less food		194.013	-	191.511	0.4	-1.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		189.462	-	187.092	0.4	-1.3	-
Durables		127.401	-	125.773	-0.2	-1.3	-
Nondurables		322.757	-	321.869	2.1	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		253.098	-	250.021	0.9	-1.2	-
Nondurables less food		256.692	-	253.350	0.9	-1.3	-
Services		429.769	-	438.613	3.1	2.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		439.491	-	450.699	3.4	2.6	-
Services less medical care services		419.539	-	428.259	2.7	2.1	-
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.