Price History: What Things Cost, Year by Year

Real U.S. prices for groceries, gas, electricity, gadgets, cars, subscriptions and more, from official data and launch announcements, with every price also shown in today's dollars. These are the prices behind Inflationdle's daily rounds.

Think you know what things cost? Play today's Inflationdle: guess one real price from the past, six tries, a new item every day.

Groceries

Item	Latest
Egg prices	$2.27 Aug 2026
Milk prices	$4.23 Aug 2026
Bread prices	$1.82 Aug 2026
Ground Beef prices	$6.92 Aug 2026
Coffee prices	$9.30 Aug 2026
Banana prices	$0.652 Aug 2026
Bacon prices	$6.61 Aug 2026
Chicken Breast prices	$4.17 Aug 2026
Butter prices	$4.02 Aug 2026
Sugar prices	$1.02 Aug 2026
Ice Cream prices	$5.85 Aug 2026
Flour prices	$0.548 Aug 2026
Rice prices	$1.11 Aug 2026
Cookie prices	$5.21 Aug 2026
Sirloin Steak prices	$14.36 Aug 2026
Whole Chicken prices	$2.01 Aug 2026
Cheddar Cheese prices	$5.98 Aug 2026
Orange prices	$1.71 Aug 2026
Potato prices	$0.976 Aug 2026
Lettuce prices	$1.47 Aug 2026
Tomato prices	$1.98 Aug 2026
Orange Juice prices	$4.82 Jul 2026
Beer prices	$1.88 Aug 2026
Wine prices	$13.75 Aug 2026
Potato Chip prices	$6.75 Aug 2026
Lemon prices	$2.11 Aug 2026
Wheat Bread prices	$2.81 May 2026

Energy

Item	Latest
Gas prices	$4.20 Aug 2026
Electricity prices	$0.196 Aug 2026

Electronics

Item	Latest
PlayStation prices	$499.99 Nov 2020
Nintendo Console prices	$449.99 Jun 2025
Xbox prices	$649.99 Oct 2025
Nintendo Handheld prices	$199.99 Sep 2019
Sega Console prices	$199.00 Sep 1999
iPhone prices	$799.00 Sep 2025
iPad prices	$349.00 Mar 2025
iPod prices	$249.00 Sep 2007
MacBook Air prices	$1,099.00 Mar 2026
Apple Watch prices	$399.00 Sep 2025
AirPods prices	$129.00 Sep 2024
Kindle prices	$109.99 Oct 2024
GoPro prices	$399.00 Sep 2024

Subscriptions

Item	Latest
Netflix prices	$19.99 Mar 2026
Spotify prices	$12.99 Feb 2026
Amazon Prime prices	$139.00 Feb 2022
Disney+ prices	$21.49 Sep 2026

Cars

Item	Latest
Honda Civic prices	$24,250.00 Jun 2024
Toyota Camry prices	$28,400.00 Apr 2024
Toyota Corolla prices	$22,725.00 Jul 2025
Honda Accord prices	$28,395.00 Dec 2025
Honda CR-V prices	$30,920.00 May 2025
Toyota RAV4 prices	$31,900.00 Nov 2025
Ford F-150 prices	$39,330.00 Sep 2025
Tesla Model 3 prices	$36,990.00 Oct 2025

Fast food

Item	Latest
Big Mac prices	$6.22 Jul 2026

Metals

Item	Latest
Gold prices	$4,411.00 Aug 2026
Silver prices	$65.40 Aug 2026

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