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Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (CUURS49ESA0) · All items in San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, not seasonally adjusted

What is the consumer price index in the San Diego area?

The consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area was 409.0 in the month ended , up 4.7% from a year earlier.

Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, not seasonally adjusted, each month

February 1965 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as published

Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, not seasonally adjusted, each month (February 1965 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, not seasonally adjusted, each month (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)

February 1965 to September 2026Ours, from the published values

Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (February 1965 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2016 to September 2026), recessions shaded
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, change from a year earlier, each month (ours) (September 2024 to September 2026)

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .

Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .

Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area409.0400.9390.7324.1114.6
Change over a year+4.7%+2.7%+3.9%+6.5%+2.2%

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Observed .

Right now

The consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area was 409.0 in September 2026, the highest since our record begins in February 1965.

Over a year it is up 4.7% (ours).

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ChangeOurs

PeriodThenChange
One monthNo value for
Three monthsNo value for
Twelve months390.7 in +4.7%
Five years324.1 in +26.2%
Ten yearsNo value for

In historyOurs

The consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area of 409.0 in was higher than in 159 of the 159 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 0.

Highest since : 409.0 in . Lowest since : 28.0 in .

AverageOurs

Average since : 157.78 (ours, a plain mean of the 160 months).

ComparedOurs

Over a year the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area is up 4.7%, which ranks 2 of the 36 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.

The table sets the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area beside the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.

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Understanding the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area

Where it stands today

The consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area was 409.0 in September 2026.

What does the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area measure?

This is the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area: the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) of the area. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes it every second month, for January, March, May, July, September and November, about two weeks after the month ends, and scales it so that the 1982-84 average is 100. BLS calls the area San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, and the index is for the urban consumers who live there.

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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, and the history in one chart and one file.

The numbers behind the chart

What was the consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area in each month?The last ten years, 54 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Feb 1965
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area, not seasonally adjusted, by month, newest first (Index, 1982-84 = 100; the change ours)
MonthValueChange over a year
409.0+4.7%
400.9+2.7%
401.6+3.8%
397.3+3.2%
392.0+2.6%
391.0+4.0%
390.7+3.9%
390.2+4.0%
387.0+3.8%
384.9+3.8%
382.0+3.8%
375.9+2.6%
376.2+2.5%
375.1+3.5%
372.9+3.2%
370.9+3.6%
367.9+3.8%
366.3+5.2%
367.2+4.7%
362.4+4.3%
361.3+5.2%
358.0+5.3%
354.5+6.4%
348.1+6.7%
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MonthValueChange over a year
350.7+8.2%
347.5+7.3%
343.5+8.3%
339.9+7.9%
333.0+8.2%
326.4+6.6%
324.1+6.5%
323.9+6.0%
317.1+5.3%
315.0+4.1%
307.7+1.7%
306.3+1.6%
304.4+1.1%
305.6+2.1%
301.3+0.3%
302.6+1.8%
302.6+2.3%
301.5+2.6%
301.0+1.7%
299.3+1.4%
300.3+3.8%
297.2+2.2%
295.8+2.6%
293.9+2.8%
295.9n/a
295.2n/a
289.2n/a
290.8n/a
288.3n/a
286.0n/a
How does it compare with the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page?Ranked by the change over a year
Consumer price index for all items in the San Diego area beside the regions, divisions and metropolitan areas on the inflation by area page, newest month of each, by the change over a year (ours); equal changes share a rank
SeriesMonthValueChange over a yearRank
Urban Hawaii368.6+5.2%1
San Diego409.0+4.7%2
New York363.9+4.5%3
Seattle381.1+4.4%4
East North Central136.2+4.3%5
New England133.8+4.3%5
East South Central137.5+4.2%7
Middle Atlantic135.2+4.2%7
Midwest region314.4+4.2%7
Northeast region351.6+4.2%7
Philadelphia340.0+4.2%7
Washington, DC338.7+4.1%12
West North Central136.6+4.1%12
Denver353.4+4.0%14
Boston362.6+3.8%15
Detroit310.8+3.7%16
Los Angeles358.7+3.7%16
Miami370.1+3.7%16
Minneapolis-St. Paul321.7+3.6%19
Riverside143.0+3.6%19
Pacific138.4+3.5%21
South Atlantic138.3+3.5%21
San Francisco370.1+3.4%23
South region325.1+3.4%23
West region357.1+3.4%23
Mountain140.0+3.3%26
Urban Alaska282.9+3.3%26
Dallas-Fort Worth313.2+3.0%28
West South Central132.2+3.0%28
Atlanta328.2+2.9%30
Chicago313.4+2.9%30
St. Louis302.7+2.9%30
Phoenix191.7+2.5%33
Baltimore333.8+2.3%34
Tampa315.6+1.9%35
Houston282.3+1.3%36

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • The index measures the change of prices in the area, not how high prices are there. Each area is scaled to 100 at a base period of its own (the 1982-84 average is 100 here), so the level of one area cannot be set beside the level of another: only the changes can.
  • The values are not adjusted for the season, as BLS publishes them for areas. A change from one month to the next can include the usual swings of the calendar year; a change over a year does not.
  • BLS prices this area every second month, so the page has a value only for January, March, May, July, September and November, and its newest month can be one month earlier than that of an area BLS publishes each month.
  • BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations. Where BLS publishes no value for that month, the page has none and the chart shows a gap.
  • The index is shown to one decimal, but the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes, which have three. A change is in percent, and can differ by 0.1 from one worked out from the values as shown.

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How to cite this

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, All items in San Diego-Carlsbad, CA, not seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the consumer price index in the San Diego area?", https://500metrics.com/inflation-by-area/san-diego.

Can the data be downloaded?inflation-by-area-san-diego.csv

Download the full history as CSV: 160 rows, to , 2,913 bytes.

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Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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