Prices in Berlin and Brandenburg are rising: inflation in October 2025!

Prices in Berlin and Brandenburg are rising: inflation in October 2025!

What are the prices in our region? On October 1, 2025, the current consumer prices in Berlin and Brandenburg will again attract public interest. As the Berlin-Brandenburg statistics report, consumer prices in Berlin rose by 2.5 percent in September 2025 compared to the previous year. In Brandenburg, inflation was as high as 2.6 percent. The main causes of these price increases are rising prices for services.

A closer look at the numbers shows that services in Berlin became a whopping 3.3 percent more expensive. In Brandenburg the price increase was even more significant at 4.2 percent. When it comes to energy prices, there are widely varying developments: In Berlin, energy prices rose by 1.7 percent, with gas prices increasing by 13.1 percent and electricity prices increasing by 2.3 percent. In contrast, Brandenburg recorded a decline in energy prices of 3.2 percent, partly due to significant declines in the price of household energy.

Price development for food

What is particularly interesting is how food prices have developed. In Berlin the price increase for food was 1.7 percent, while in Brandenburg it was only 1.1 percent. This means that food prices remained below overall inflation, which is positive news for consumers.

But what does that mean for individual wallets? Federal statistics play an important role here. As the Federal Statistical Office explains, the national consumer price index (CPI) is used to measure the price development of all goods and services that private households purchase. The CPI acts as a measure of the inflation rate and is updated regularly. The last major update took place in February 2023, when the index switched from 2015 to 2020.

What does the CPI say?

The CPI, which includes about 700 different goods and services, is the key to assessing the economic situation. However, information on absolute prices or average prices is not included in the current publication program for consumer price statistics and must be accessed via databases such as GENESIS-Online.

Viewed in a broader context, CPI data not only provides information about current prices, but is also an important tool for measuring inflation. The Federal Statistical Office considers it crucial to regularly update and adapt this information.

In summary, the current figures from Berlin and Brandenburg show that price developments have far-reaching effects. Consumers in the region must therefore keep a close eye on developments - because something is happening! For more details, you can find the relevant reports on the websites of statistics-berlin-brandenburg, destatis and View statista.