The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Diego-Carlsbad advanced 0.2 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 0.2 percent during the two-month period. The food index increased 1.6 percent, while the energy index decreased 1.7 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The San Diego area all items CPI-U advanced 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Energy prices advanced 6.7 percent. Food prices increased 1.6 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, January 2023–January 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jan 2023	6.4	6.5
Mar 2023	5.3	6.7
May 2023	5.2	7.1
Jul 2023	4.3	5.6
Sep 2023	4.7	4.8
Nov 2023	5.2	5.6
Jan 2024	3.8	5.0
Mar 2024	3.6	3.8
May 2024	3.2	3.1
Jul 2024	3.5	3.9
Sep 2024	2.5	3.4
Nov 2024	2.6	3.2
Jan 2025	3.8	4.0
Mar 2025	3.8	4.1
May 2025	3.8	4.3
Jul 2025	4.0	4.2
Sep 2025	3.9	4.0
Nov 2025	4.0	4.2
Jan 2026	2.6	2.5

Food prices advanced 1.6 percent for the two months ending in January. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 2.4 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 0.4 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 1.6 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 1.4 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home increased 1.9 percent.

The energy index declined 1.7 percent for the two months ending in January. Gasoline prices fell 8.4 percent.

Energy prices advanced 6.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices decreased 1.5 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+2.6 percent) and medical care (+2.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for shelter (-1.0 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-0.6 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included medical care (+6.0 percent) and shelter (+2.5 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-1.5 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (-1.1 percent).

The March 2026 Consumer Price Index for the San Diego 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 San Diego 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 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes San Diego County in California.

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Table 1. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, 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		391.020	-	391.981	2.6	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		1,322.158	-	1,325.408
Food and beverages		338.029	-	343.473	1.8	1.6	-
Food		336.898	-	342.247	1.6	1.6	-
Food at home		292.086	295.725	299.003	1.4	2.4	1.1
Cereals and bakery products		385.970	393.363	403.236	4.8	4.5	2.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		292.795	291.136	300.052	-1.6	2.5	3.1
Dairy and related products		237.821	241.847	245.073	1.3	3.0	1.3
Fruits and vegetables		279.767	281.245	285.028	-1.0	1.9	1.3
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		318.306	340.451	336.173	5.3	5.6	-1.3
Other food at home		290.263	291.430	290.149	0.9	0.0	-0.4
Food away from home		400.522	-	402.000	1.9	0.4	-
Alcoholic beverages		334.453	-	340.473	5.3	1.8	-
Housing		484.321	-	483.800	3.7	-0.1	-
Shelter		555.360	552.551	549.938	2.5	-1.0	-0.5
Rent of primary residence		549.512	552.720	552.141	2.7	0.5	-0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		586.264	587.760	583.444	2.3	-0.5	-0.7
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		586.264	587.760	583.444	2.3	-0.5	-0.7
Household furnishings and operations		223.928	-	229.729	6.4	2.6	-
Apparel		165.507	-	171.735	-1.5	3.8	-
Transportation		311.125	-	307.876	1.9	-1.0	-
Private transportation		311.235	-	305.871	2.1	-1.7	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		131.293	-	130.519	-1.1	-0.6	-
New vehicles(1)		260.237	-	260.073	0.1	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		308.336	-	294.857	-2.5	-4.4	-
Motor fuel		386.948	364.640	354.479	-1.5	-8.4	-2.8
Gasoline (all types)		386.519	363.981	354.043	-1.5	-8.4	-2.7
Unleaded regular(4)		399.557	375.624	365.325	-1.5	-8.6	-2.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		337.795	319.391	310.413	-1.5	-8.1	-2.8
Unleaded premium(4)		397.856	376.879	366.766	-1.2	-7.8	-2.7
Medical Care		595.819	-	608.661	6.0	2.2	-
Recreation(3)		187.614	-	191.021	-0.8	1.8	-
Education and communication(3)		146.615	-	-	-	-	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		538.322	-	542.377	2.1	0.8	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a November 1977=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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, 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		391.020	-	391.981	2.6	0.2	-
Food		336.898	-	342.247	1.6	1.6	-
Energy		420.320	404.329	413.128	6.7	-1.7	2.2
All items less food and energy		404.080	-	404.818	2.5	0.2	-
All items less energy		392.779	-	394.173	2.4	0.4	-
All items less medical care		381.179	-	381.561	2.4	0.1	-
All items less shelter		324.431	-	327.894	2.7	1.1	-
Commodities		245.269	-	246.428	0.5	0.5	-
Commodities less food		204.794	-	204.231	-0.2	-0.3	-
Commodities less food & beverages		199.298	-	198.607	-0.4	-0.3	-
Durables		155.656	-	156.123	-0.4	0.3	-
Nondurables		291.570	-	293.168	0.9	0.5	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		242.861	-	240.640	-0.3	-0.9	-
Nondurables less food		250.814	-	249.000	0.1	-0.7	-
Services		519.959	-	520.671	3.6	0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		502.773	-	511.597	5.3	1.8	-
Services less medical care services		506.919	-	506.995	3.3	0.0	-
Footnotes (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.