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25-1293-SAN
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

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Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area — July 2025

Area prices were down 0.3 percent over the past two months, up 2.3 percent from a year

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Urban Hawaii fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in July 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy fell 0.3 percent during the two-month period. The food index decreased 0.6 percent, and the energy index declined 0.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Honolulu area all items CPI-U increased 2.3 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. The food index rose 4.2 percent. The energy index declined 4.7 percent.

Food

The food index decreased 0.6 percent for the two months ending in July. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) decreased 1.0 percent, with lower prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.1 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 4.2 percent over the year. The food at home index rose 4.6 percent, with higher prices in all six major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index advanced 3.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index declined 0.2 percent for the two months ending in July. Gasoline prices decreased 0.6 percent.

The energy index declined 4.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices fell 3.6 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for apparel (-5.1 percent), household furnishings and operations (-2.5 percent), and other goods and services (-2.4 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for new and used motor vehicles (+3.2 percent), and recreation (+2.1 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (+4.4 percent) and shelter (+2.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-5.2 percent) and education and communication (-0.6 percent).

Table A. Urban Hawaii CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month 2-month 12-month

January

0.3 1.4 0.9 6.0 0.3 5.2 0.5 3.9 1.0 4.1

March

0.9 1.8 2.4 7.5 0.6 3.3 1.5 4.8 0.0 2.6

May

2.1 3.8 1.6 7.0 0.3 2.0 0.7 5.2 0.8 2.7

July

0.8 4.6 0.6 6.8 0.7 2.1 0.0 4.5 -0.3 2.3

September

1.0 5.0 0.8 6.6 0.9 2.2 0.7 4.2

November

0.1 5.4 -0.6 5.8 0.8 3.6 0.1 3.5

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area is scheduled to be released on October, 2025.

Changes to the CPI

With this release, BLS has replaced survey data collected for the CPI’s wireless telephone services index with secondary source data and non-traditional index methods. Additional information is available on the CPI website, www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/alternative-data-wireless-telephone.htm, and in a new factsheet “Measuring Price Change in the CPI: Wireless Telephone Services,” www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/wireless-telephone-service.htm

With the release of October 2025 data on November 13, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will remove long-term care (LTC) insurance from the health insurance index. Changes in the market for LTC insurance have made it out of scope and ineligible for pricing in the CPI market basket.


Technical Note

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Urban Hawaii, CPI-U by expenditure category for July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Expenditure category

Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data
May
2025
Jun.
2025
Jul.
2025
Jul.
2024
May
2025
Jun.
2025

All Items

349.555 - 348.334 2.3 -0.3 -

All items (1967=100)

962.317 - 958.953      

Food and beverages

383.083 - 380.919 4.2 -0.6 -

Food

387.497 - 385.138 4.2 -0.6 -

Food at home

368.742 363.100 364.986 4.6 -1.0 0.5

Cereals and bakery products

416.560 412.745 418.947 8.1 0.6 1.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

348.646 346.845 344.958 5.2 -1.1 -0.5

Dairy and related products

298.366 279.794 295.896 3.0 -0.8 5.8

Fruits and vegetables

433.579 423.775 413.913 2.7 -4.5 -2.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

455.460 453.177 473.393 11.9 3.9 4.5

Other food at home

369.119 364.209 364.563 1.8 -1.2 0.1

Food away from home

401.722 - 402.001 3.4 0.1 -

Alcoholic beverages

309.610 - 311.830 2.6 0.7 -

Housing

380.088 - 380.147 1.9 0.0 -

Shelter

416.260 415.723 416.677 2.3 0.1 0.2

Rent of primary residence

418.747 418.283 419.090 1.9 0.1 0.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

427.865 427.142 428.443 2.3 0.1 0.3

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

427.865 427.142 428.443 2.3 0.1 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

175.149 - 170.808 0.7 -2.5 -

Apparel

130.233 - 123.550 -5.2 -5.1 -

Transportation

285.533 - 280.431 3.6 -1.8 -

Private transportation

283.486 - 287.815 4.4 1.5 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

123.026 - 126.946 4.4 3.2 -

New vehicles(1)

188.632 - 194.335 4.9 3.0 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

319.903 - 326.041 5.2 1.9 -

Motor fuel

350.896 349.188 348.804 -3.5 -0.6 -0.1

Gasoline (all types)

359.984 358.185 357.779 -3.6 -0.6 -0.1

Unleaded regular(4)

372.759 370.785 370.001 -3.8 -0.7 -0.2

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

301.870 300.984 300.168 -3.2 -0.6 -0.3

Unleaded premium(4)

340.607 339.226 340.101 -2.7 -0.1 0.3

Medical Care

522.087 - 523.837 - 0.3 -

Recreation(3)

159.784 - 163.179 5.7 2.1 -

Education and communication(3)

152.923 - 154.543 -0.6 1.1 -

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

2,068.813 - 2,104.015 2.8 1.7 -

Other goods and services

646.805 - 631.058 3.8 -2.4 -

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 July 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Special aggregate index

Indexes Percent change from -
Historical
data
May
2025
Jun.
2025
Jul.
2025
Jul.
2024
May
2025
Jun.
2025

All items

349.555 - 348.334 2.3 -0.3 -

Food

387.497 - 385.138 4.2 -0.6 -

Energy

356.135 353.370 355.254 -4.7 -0.2 0.5

All items less food and energy

347.061 - 345.975 2.5 -0.3 -

All items less energy

351.216 - 349.968 2.7 -0.4 -

All items less medical care

340.257 - 338.892 2.4 -0.4 -

All items less shelter

320.449 - 318.242 2.4 -0.7 -

Commodities

258.306 - 257.738 2.0 -0.2 -

Commodities less food

190.639 - 190.792 0.2 0.1 -

Commodities less food & beverages

186.141 - 186.258 0.1 0.1 -

Durables

126.218 - 128.309 2.4 1.7 -

Nondurables

317.574 - 314.544 1.8 -1.0 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

246.514 - 242.551 -2.3 -1.6 -

Nondurables less food

250.197 - 246.480 -2.1 -1.5 -

Services

429.334 - 427.584 2.5 -0.4 -

Services less rent of shelter(1)

441.261 - 435.820 2.8 -1.2 -

Services less medical care services

420.744 - 418.317 2.4 -0.6 -

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025