The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario increased 0.6 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 advanced 0.3 percent during the two-month period. The food index rose 0.2 percent, and the energy index increased 4.8 percent. (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 Riverside area all items CPI-U advanced 4.5 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.6 percent over the year. Food prices increased 2.6 percent, and energy prices rose 7.9 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	7.5	6.4
Jan 2023	7.3	6.3
Mar 2023	4.6	5.9
May 2023	3.9	5.8
Jul 2023	3.4	5.1
Sep 2023	4.9	5.5
Nov 2023	4.3	5.1
Jan 2024	2.9	4.4
Mar 2024	4.3	4.7
May 2024	4.0	4.1
Jul 2024	2.8	3.6
Sep 2024	1.4	2.8
Nov 2024	1.1	1.9
Jan 2025	2.9	3.3
Mar 2025	2.5	3.1
May 2025	2.6	3.3
Jul 2025	3.5	3.9
Sep 2025	3.6	4.0
Nov 2025	4.5	4.6

The food index increased 0.2 percent for the two months ending in November. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.5 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 1.1 percent for the same period.

The food index increased 2.6 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 1.1 percent. The food away from home index rose 4.5 percent.

The energy index rose 4.8 percent for the two months ending in November. Gasoline prices increased 1.9 percent.

The energy index rose 7.9 percent over the year. Gasoline prices rose 6.9 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+2.5 percent) and shelter (+0.2 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.3 percent) and medical care (-1.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.6 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for apparel (+14.1 percent) and shelter (+4.4 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for education and communication (-5.5 percent).

The January 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside 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 Riverside 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Core Based Statistical Area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.

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Table 1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by expenditure category for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=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		138.029	-	138.851	4.5	0.6	-
Food and beverages		140.372	-	140.782	2.8	0.3	-
Food		141.693	-	141.967	2.6	0.2	-
Food at home		134.212	-	133.512	1.1	-0.5	-
Cereals and bakery products		-	-	155.914	2.3	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		116.390	-	112.753	0.1	-3.1	-
Fruits and vegetables		118.657	-	122.213	-7.0	3.0	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		138.578	-	140.951	7.5	1.7	-
Other food at home		124.192	-	124.589	2.3	0.3	-
Food away from home		152.568	-	154.218	4.5	1.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		-	-	-	-	-	-
Housing		146.128	-	147.554	5.0	1.0	-
Shelter		146.716	-	146.967	4.4	0.2	-
Rent of primary residence		152.620	-	153.118	5.0	0.3	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		146.911	-	147.384	4.4	0.3	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		146.911	-	147.384	4.4	0.3	-
Household furnishings and operations		124.761	-	127.853	7.2	2.5	-
Apparel		124.287	-	120.204	14.1	-3.3	-
Transportation		143.714	-	146.076	7.4	1.6	-
Private transportation		147.181	-	149.578	7.8	1.6	-
New and used motor vehicles		116.491	-	116.034	-1.0	-0.4	-
New vehicles		113.718	-	113.562	-0.7	-0.1	-
Used cars and trucks		136.947	-	135.383	2.9	-1.1	-
Motor fuel		150.873	-	153.708	7.0	1.9	-
Gasoline (all types)		150.801	150.998	153.655	6.9	1.9	1.8
Unleaded regular(1)		150.993	151.165	153.916	7.0	1.9	1.8
Unleaded midgrade(1)		151.594	151.889	154.386	6.5	1.8	1.6
Unleaded premium(1)		149.247	149.525	151.839	6.4	1.7	1.5
Medical Care		137.361	-	135.943	4.0	-1.0	-
Recreation		113.432	-	113.218	4.0	-0.2	-
Education and communication		102.337	-	101.621	-5.5	-0.7	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		122.321	-	122.290	-8.0	0.0	-
Other goods and services		127.077	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- 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. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2017=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		138.029	-	138.851	4.5	0.6	-
Food		141.693	-	141.967	2.6	0.2	-
Energy		157.434	-	165.067	7.9	4.8	-
All items less food and energy		135.256	-	135.649	4.6	0.3	-
All items less energy		136.109	-	136.484	4.3	0.3	-
All items less medical care		138.096	-	139.076	4.5	0.7	-
All items less shelter		133.539	-	134.657	4.6	0.8	-
Commodities		128.450	-	128.157	2.8	-0.2	-
Commodities less food		121.618	-	121.038	2.9	-0.5	-
Commodities less food & beverages		121.862	-	121.164	2.8	-0.6	-
Durables		111.315	-	111.171	0.7	-0.1	-
Nondurables		136.618	-	136.249	3.7	-0.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		132.677	-	131.344	5.0	-1.0	-
Nondurables less food		131.583	-	130.546	5.0	-0.8	-
Services		144.726	-	146.353	5.6	1.1	-
Services less rent of shelter		141.824	-	145.356	7.4	2.5	-
Services less medical care services		145.224	-	147.103	5.5	1.3	-
- 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.