The headline numbers
BPS Bali, the provincial statistics office, reported that prices in September 2026 were 3.79% higher than a year earlier. The national inflation target is 2.5% with a one percentage point band either way. Bali has moved above the upper limit.
Month on month, prices rose 0.32%. The statistics office described that pace as fairly high.
Annual inflation compares prices with the same month a year earlier. The monthly figure shows how much prices moved over the last month alone.
Where prices climb fastest
Tabanan posted the highest annual rate at 4.54%. Badung followed at 3.95%, Singaraja at 3.87% and Denpasar at 3.42%.
Six items drove most of the increase. Petrol rose 8%, bird's eye chilli 76.48% and chicken 6.64%. Cooking oil climbed 9.4% and gold jewellery 33.3%.
BPS measures each item's contribution to overall inflation in percentage points. Petrol added 0.42 points, chilli 0.23 and chicken 0.19. Cooking oil contributed 0.14, gold 0.12 and maintenance services 0.11.
Maintenance costs
Maintenance and repair services also made the list of main drivers. They are 7.37% more expensive than a year ago. For property owners this points directly to higher operating costs.
BPS Bali head Agus Gede Hendrayana Hermawan urged local governments to watch the commodities pushing prices up. He said the key factors are supply availability and distribution to the island.
Rental businesses will need to either pass part of it on in rates or accept thinner margins.