Inflation in Colombia rose for the second consecutive month and reached 5.10% annually in August 2025.

Data published by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) reveal that inflation continued its upward trend, reaching 5.10 percent annually in August.

Annual inflation in Colombia is slightly below that of Brazil, but higher than that of Chile, Mexico, and the European Union.

This increase comes after inflation reached 4.90 percent last July, although the August figure is still lower than the 6.12 percent recorded a year earlier.

With the data released this Friday, inflation has reached 4.22 percent so far this year, while the monthly figure was 0.19 percent in August (a year ago it was 0.00 percent).

Although the variation in Food and non-alcoholic beverages (0.45 percent) was below that of Alcoholic beverages and tobacco (0.59 percent), Restaurants and hotels (0.49 percent), and Health (0.46 percent), it was the one that contributed most to the increase in monthly inflation (0.08 percentage points).

According to Dane director Piedad Urdinola , this trend was driven primarily by a rise in the prices of fresh fruits such as mango, pineapple, lemon, papaya, and avocado.

Although tomato (-4.26 percent) and potato (-9.63 percent) prices have been declining, this has not been enough to offset the increases being recorded in this segment.

Additionally, as has been the case in recent months, the main drivers of the 0.49 percent growth in restaurants and hotels are meals served outside the home, such as "corrientazo" and fast food, as well as soft drinks and sodas consumed in establishments.

Regarding annual inflation, the Education division registered the highest variation (7.87 percent), followed by Restaurants and Hotels (7.78 percent).

However, the largest contributions to the 5.10 percent increase came from Accommodation, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (1.46 percentage points) and Food and non-alcoholic beverages (1.16 percentage points).

Furthermore, the director of DANE highlighted that the cost of electricity registered a 4.60 percent annual drop in August, while the monthly variation was -1.61 percent.

In this sense, it was the public service that most reduced annual inflation in August (-0.17 percentage points), while natural gas contributed most to the variation (0.15 percentage points).

Information from Dane also reveals that Pereira was the city that reported the highest inflation rate during the month of August, at 5.97 percent annually.

Next come Bucaramanga (5.85 percent), Armenia (5.65 percent), Ibagué (5.44 percent), Villavicencio (5.43 percent) and Bogotá (5.35 percent).

At the other extreme are Santa Marta (2.11 percent), Valledupar (3.47 percent), Riohacha (3.56 percent), Sincelejo (3.90 percent) and Montería (4.00 percent).