The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for San Diego-Carlsbad increased 0.1 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 0.1 percent during the two-month period. The food index fell 1.2 percent, while the energy index rose 2.3 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 San Diego area all items CPI-U advanced 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.2 percent over the year. The food index advanced 1.1 percent, and the energy index rose 8.7 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	6.7	6.5
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

The food index fell 1.2 percent for the two months ending in November. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 2.4 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.5 percent for the same period.

The food index increased 1.1 percent over the year. The food at home index edged down 0.1 percent. The food away from home index rose 2.9 percent.

The energy index rose 2.3 percent for the two months ending in November. Gasoline prices rose 2.2 percent.

The energy index rose 8.7 percent over the year. Gasoline prices increased 7.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.1 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for household furnishings and operations (+1.8 percent) and shelter (+0.6 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-3.9 percent) and medical care (-1.4 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 4.2 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for shelter (+5.6 percent) and medical care (+3.7 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-6.3 percent) and recreation (-0.5 percent).

The January 2026 Consumer Price Index for the San Diego 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 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.

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 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 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		390.747	-	391.020	4.0	0.1	-
All items (1967=100)		1,321.237	-	1,322.158
Food and beverages		341.959	-	338.029	1.1	-1.1	-
Food		341.108	-	336.898	1.1	-1.2	-
Food at home		299.215	-	292.086	-0.1	-2.4	-
Cereals and bakery products		405.121	-	385.970	-0.3	-4.7	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		299.581	-	292.795	2.1	-2.3	-
Dairy and related products		230.691	-	237.821	-2.7	3.1	-
Fruits and vegetables		288.720	-	279.767	-3.9	-3.1	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		346.355	-	318.306	-0.1	-8.1	-
Other food at home		291.390	-	290.263	1.9	-0.4	-
Food away from home		398.583	-	400.522	2.9	0.5	-
Alcoholic beverages		333.190	-	334.453	0.3	0.4	-
Housing		480.713	-	484.321	5.6	0.8	-
Shelter		552.140	-	555.360	5.6	0.6	-
Rent of primary residence		549.048	-	549.512	3.9	0.1	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		585.441	-	586.264	5.0	0.1	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		585.441	-	586.264	5.0	0.1	-
Household furnishings and operations		219.929	-	223.928	3.0	1.8	-
Apparel		172.278	-	165.507	-6.3	-3.9	-
Transportation		309.715	-	311.125	6.7	0.5	-
Private transportation		310.069	-	311.235	7.1	0.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		132.142	-	131.293	1.0	-0.6	-
New vehicles(1)		260.698	-	260.237	0.7	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		311.899	-	308.336	2.8	-1.1	-
Motor fuel		378.512	-	386.948	7.1	2.2	-
Gasoline (all types)		378.064	378.694	386.519	7.0	2.2	2.1
Unleaded regular(4)		390.611	391.216	399.557	7.2	2.3	2.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		330.445	331.402	337.795	6.6	2.2	1.9
Unleaded premium(4)		389.904	390.690	397.856	6.6	2.0	1.8
Medical Care		604.532	-	595.819	3.7	-1.4	-
Recreation(3)		187.129	-	187.614	-0.5	0.3	-
Education and communication(3)		147.392	-	146.615	0.1	-0.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		540.275	-	538.322	2.7	-0.4	-
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. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, 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		390.747	-	391.020	4.0	0.1	-
Food		341.108	-	336.898	1.1	-1.2	-
Energy		411.018	-	420.320	8.7	2.3	-
All items less food and energy		403.575	-	404.080	4.2	0.1	-
All items less energy		392.985	-	392.779	3.8	-0.1	-
All items less medical care		380.479	-	381.179	4.1	0.2	-
All items less shelter		325.363	-	324.431	2.9	-0.3	-
Commodities		248.130	-	245.269	0.8	-1.2	-
Commodities less food		207.070	-	204.794	0.5	-1.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		201.629	-	199.298	0.5	-1.2	-
Durables		157.754	-	155.656	0.0	-1.3	-
Nondurables		294.775	-	291.570	1.1	-1.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		245.316	-	242.861	1.1	-1.0	-
Nondurables less food		253.112	-	250.814	1.0	-0.9	-
Services		516.765	-	519.959	5.5	0.6	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		499.476	-	502.773	5.6	0.7	-
Services less medical care services		503.040	-	506.919	5.6	0.8	-
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. Note: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.