Tea price history, 1960 to 2026

Average of three auctions averaged $2.91/kg in August 2026, -4% over twelve months and +5% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $3.37/kg in August 2022; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $15.06/kg in April 1977. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

Average of three auctionsColombo auction, Sri LankaKolkata auction, IndiaMombasa auction, Kenya

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Average of three auctions $/kg, since 1960	2.91 August 2026	-2%	-4%	+7%	+5%	+49%	3.37 August 2022	15.06 April 1977
Colombo auction, Sri Lanka $/kg, since 1960	3.61 August 2026	+1%	-9%	+21%	+4%	+90%	4.49 September 2022	18.61 April 1977
Kolkata auction, India $/kg, since 1960	2.85 August 2026	-9%	-5%	-5%	+11%	+52%	4.07 August 2020	17.6 April 1979
Mombasa auction, Kenya $/kg, since 1960	2.25 August 2026	+0%	+5%	+4%	-3%	+8%	3.39 July 2015	11.12 January 1977

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-09-02, fetched 6 September 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how tea is priced.

Monthly tea prices by decade

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Average of three auctions ($/kg)

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.03
1961	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95
1962	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.97
1963	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95
1964	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93
1965	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
1966	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.873
1967	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.79	0.836
1968	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
1969	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84
1971	0.78	0.78	0.76	1.03	0.91	0.85	0.91	0.86	0.85	0.85	0.82	0.8	0.85
1972	0.79	0.79	0.8	0.81	0.86	0.87	0.79	0.77	0.76	0.74	0.71	0.71	0.783
1973	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.8	0.81	0.84	0.87	0.85	0.81	0.79	0.76	0.74	0.788
1974	0.84	0.87	0.94	1.15	1.09	1.19	1.31	1.18	1.12	1.11	1.13	1.18	1.09
1975	1.14	1.13	1.1	1.37	1.17	1.22	1.23	1.17	1.11	1.08	1	0.98	1.14
1976	1.1	1.08	1.07	1.27	1.14	1.21	1.26	1.24	1.21	1.22	1.21	1.23	1.19
1977	1.6	1.89	2.19	2.88	2.2	2.09	2.05	1.93	1.81	1.77	1.54	1.5	1.95
1978	1.36	1.4	1.36	1.79	1.36	1.35	1.43	1.4	1.36	1.41	1.37	1.33	1.41
1979	1.31	1.28	1.26	2.07	1.44	1.33	1.42	1.56	1.56	1.57	1.58	1.67	1.5

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	1.69	1.68	1.64	1.63	1.67	1.68	1.69	1.67	1.67	1.66	1.63	1.61	1.66
1981	1.66	1.64	1.6	1.57	1.52	1.46	1.41	1.39	1.43	1.28	1.32	1.34	1.47
1982	1.53	1.53	1.53	1.53	1.55	1.5	1.52	1.57	1.63	1.57	1.56	1.51	1.54
1983	1.76	1.82	1.88	2.05	2.13	2.2	2.02	2.11	2.16	2.23	2.4	2.42	2.1
1984	3.07	2.71	2.79	3.01	2.81	2.71	2.7	2.7	2.65	2.67	2.53	2.56	2.74
1985	2.1	1.94	1.72	1.82	1.77	1.71	1.81	1.73	1.64	1.56	1.57	1.62	1.75
1986	1.53	1.52	1.48	1.51	1.67	1.63	1.71	1.72	1.7	1.76	1.84	1.84	1.66
1987	1.67	1.59	1.62	1.73	1.67	1.65	1.72	1.7	1.64	1.64	1.62	1.57	1.65
1988	1.59	1.6	1.55	1.56	1.68	1.67	1.65	1.56	1.5	1.54	1.53	1.52	1.58
1989	1.62	1.65	1.68	1.78	1.86	1.72	1.77	1.78	2.15	2.07	1.91	1.9	1.82

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	2.09	2.13	2.42	2.11	2.15	1.94	1.99	1.96	2.03	2.08	1.84	1.94	2.06
1991	1.92	1.77	1.76	1.76	1.9	1.79	1.6	1.53	1.55	1.53	1.5	1.48	1.67
1992	1.41	1.34	1.38	1.52	1.73	1.69	1.7	1.73	1.7	1.72	1.66	1.66	1.6
1993	1.76	1.85	1.61	1.57	1.53	1.6	1.62	1.58	1.56	1.57	1.54	1.57	1.61
1994	1.54	1.48	1.47	1.35	1.52	1.48	1.59	1.58	1.54	1.5	1.43	1.42	1.49
1995	1.46	1.41	1.35	1.37	1.49	1.49	1.57	1.5	1.55	1.56	1.63	1.48	1.49
1996	1.52	1.52	1.57	1.7	1.73	1.66	1.79	1.74	1.74	1.73	1.61	1.63	1.66
1997	1.65	1.68	1.74	1.88	2.06	2.08	2.19	2.24	2.21	2.28	2.33	2.37	2.06
1998	2.48	2.51	2.23	2.2	2.03	1.91	1.98	1.95	1.9	1.86	1.8	1.7	2.05
1999	1.76	1.66	1.61	1.72	1.92	1.8	1.89	1.82	2.01	2.06	1.95	1.86	1.84

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	1.85	1.81	1.75	1.79	1.98	1.86	2.05	1.95	1.96	1.89	1.82	1.8	1.88
2001	1.85	1.7	1.58	1.6	1.59	1.61	1.68	1.58	1.53	1.45	1.49	1.51	1.6
2002	1.47	1.45	1.42	1.48	1.46	1.54	1.58	1.52	1.58	1.58	1.52	1.48	1.51
2003	1.52	1.47	1.39	1.44	1.46	1.49	1.63	1.53	1.53	1.6	1.56	1.57	1.52
2004	1.54	1.56	1.51	1.67	1.67	1.67	1.71	1.77	1.8	1.79	1.78	1.73	1.68
2005	1.62	1.59	1.59	1.73	1.61	1.64	1.69	1.65	1.66	1.69	1.65	1.65	1.65
2006	1.7	1.92	1.75	1.9	1.89	1.98	2	1.95	1.91	1.85	1.79	1.83	1.87
2007	1.79	1.78	1.77	1.98	1.94	2.07	2.13	2.07	2.13	2.25	2.21	2.31	2.04
2008	2.38	2.4	2.26	2.49	2.48	2.67	2.76	2.74	2.67	2.3	1.97	1.93	2.42
2009	2.19	2.14	2.22	2.51	2.69	2.78	2.96	2.99	3.16	3.03	3.06	2.97	2.72

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	2.9	2.85	2.62	2.77	2.8	2.72	2.86	2.99	3	3.03	3.03	3.04	2.88
2011	3.02	2.88	2.76	3.02	2.95	3.02	3.1	3.02	2.89	2.9	2.79	2.7	2.92
2012	2.66	2.57	2.42	2.79	3	2.97	3.03	3.12	3.1	3.01	3.02	3.08	2.9
2013	3	2.93	2.9	2.89	2.95	2.84	2.83	2.78	2.75	2.8	2.78	2.9	2.86
2014	2.87	2.58	2.5	2.67	2.87	2.85	2.96	2.79	2.64	2.65	2.65	2.62	2.72
2015	2.61	2.45	2.41	2.63	2.89	3	3.1	2.96	2.78	2.86	2.82	2.81	2.78
2016	2.55	2.35	2.31	2.54	2.57	2.65	2.77	2.78	2.79	2.89	3.03	2.98	2.68
2017	3.04	2.96	2.87	3.03	3.2	3.24	3.23	3.26	3.28	3.29	3.23	3.13	3.15
2018	3.1	3	2.84	2.95	3.02	2.87	2.89	2.77	2.67	2.74	2.7	2.62	2.85
2019	2.54	2.38	2.38	2.65	2.73	2.56	2.58	2.63	2.54	2.58	2.61	2.57	2.56

Average of three auctions monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	2.51	2.36	2.13	2.36	2.51	2.84	3.04	3.15	3.08	3	2.78	2.65	2.7
2021	2.68	2.56	2.43	2.67	2.71	2.7	2.65	2.72	2.73	2.78	2.83	2.82	2.69
2022	2.86	2.79	2.61	3.24	2.99	2.96	3.31	3.37	3.33	3.15	3.05	2.95	3.05
2023	2.77	2.7	2.69	2.96	2.71	2.69	2.47	2.83	2.85	2.76	2.74	2.71	2.74
2024	2.66	2.71	2.69	3.03	3.2	3.22	3.3	3.22	3.27	3.15	3.09	2.96	3.04
2025	2.78	2.69	2.69	2.91	3.02	2.99	3.02	3.04	2.94	3.01	2.99	2.88	2.91
2026	2.73	2.7	2.69	2.83	3	2.97	2.98	2.91					2.85

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka ($/kg)

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93	0.93
1961	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89
1962	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86
1963	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81
1964	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82
1965	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85
1966	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76
1967	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.58	0.718
1968	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68
1969	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63
1971	0.64	0.67	0.7	0.65	0.66	0.64	0.63	0.71	0.73	0.7	0.69	0.7	0.677
1972	0.75	0.78	0.82	0.81	0.8	0.74	0.55	0.64	0.69	0.63	0.58	0.6	0.699
1973	0.6	0.66	0.7	0.69	0.64	0.6	0.63	0.74	0.74	0.67	0.63	0.65	0.663
1974	0.68	0.69	0.86	0.86	0.84	0.91	0.93	0.97	0.96	0.96	1	1.02	0.89
1975	1.02	1.06	1.03	0.96	0.9	0.85	0.83	0.86	0.8	0.75	0.76	0.77	0.883
1976	0.86	0.82	0.85	0.89	0.86	0.86	0.95	1.03	1.01	1.02	0.98	1.01	0.928
1977	1.16	1.7	2.42	3.56	2.26	1.63	1.62	1.55	1.35	1.36	0.97	0.78	1.7
1978	0.78	0.92	0.85	0.71	0.67	0.62	0.66	0.73	0.73	0.82	0.76	0.7	0.746
1979	0.71	0.7	0.67	0.62	0.52	0.43	0.65	0.93	0.96	0.96	0.92	1.31	0.782

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	1.19	1.17	1.14	1.13	1.15	1.14	1.14	1.11	1.08	1.05	1.02	1.01	1.11
1981	1.09	1.23	1.22	1.09	0.99	0.9	0.85	0.82	1.03	0.74	0.83	0.9	0.974
1982	0.95	0.99	1.02	1.05	1.06	0.99	1.09	1.27	1.47	1.3	1.3	1.24	1.14
1983	1.38	1.5	1.7	1.78	1.95	2.01	1.65	1.84	1.91	1.93	2.23	2.39	1.86
1984	2.84	2.65	2.67	2.73	2.53	2.2	2.14	2.26	2.53	2.51	2.51	2.45	2.5
1985	2.31	2.13	1.73	1.61	1.4	1.16	1.25	1.27	1.24	1.15	1.1	1.14	1.46
1986	1.1	1.14	1.14	1.05	0.98	0.9	0.91	1.06	1.03	1.09	1.41	1.51	1.11
1987	1.5	1.35	1.43	1.37	1.15	1.19	1.32	1.44	1.36	1.39	1.34	1.35	1.35
1988	1.49	1.57	1.5	1.48	1.34	1.34	1.24	1.23	1.21	1.29	1.34	1.32	1.36
1989	1.26	1.35	1.45	1.47	1.53	1.41	1.34	1.4	1.79	1.83	1.73	1.78	1.53

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	1.89	2.01	3.02	1.89	1.79	1.6	1.59	1.74	1.79	1.82	1.7	1.68	1.88
1991	1.68	1.64	1.74	1.63	1.59	1.52	1.23	1.23	1.24	1.25	1.21	1.2	1.43
1992	1.27	1.23	1.34	1.54	1.57	1.4	1.31	1.59	1.54	1.6	1.54	1.4	1.44
1993	1.5	1.59	1.55	1.49	1.32	1.35	1.33	1.39	1.52	1.49	1.41	1.38	1.44
1994	1.38	1.41	1.4	1.28	1.18	1.22	1.22	1.35	1.42	1.43	1.35	1.33	1.33
1995	1.36	1.38	1.36	1.36	1.31	1.2	1.22	1.4	1.57	1.62	1.8	1.48	1.42
1996	1.72	1.78	1.92	1.93	1.84	1.74	1.86	1.95	2.1	2.14	1.86	1.82	1.89
1997	1.77	1.82	1.78	1.92	1.98	2.02	1.95	2.1	2.18	2.24	2.23	2.26	2.02
1998	2.38	2.36	2.34	2.2	2.21	2.04	1.98	2.03	1.91	1.84	1.88	1.73	2.08
1999	1.8	1.54	1.47	1.47	1.46	1.44	1.6	1.68	1.84	1.87	1.84	1.78	1.65

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	1.83	1.81	1.82	1.81	1.71	1.57	1.67	1.76	1.88	1.91	1.87	1.87	1.79
2001	1.85	1.79	1.76	1.65	1.49	1.44	1.44	1.52	1.58	1.61	1.67	1.61	1.62
2002	1.66	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.48	1.43	1.39	1.5	1.61	1.61	1.54	1.53	1.56
2003	1.59	1.49	1.47	1.43	1.44	1.43	1.49	1.55	1.61	1.68	1.67	1.63	1.54
2004	1.64	1.66	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.53	1.63	1.82	1.89	2	2.04	2.01	1.78
2005	1.95	1.91	1.94	1.89	1.76	1.65	1.64	1.76	1.89	1.96	1.88	1.89	1.84
2006	1.89	1.95	1.94	1.89	1.75	1.74	1.83	1.9	2	1.98	1.93	2.12	1.91
2007	2.09	2.28	2.42	2.34	2.28	2.31	2.49	2.55	2.61	2.9	2.91	3.09	2.52
2008	3.05	3.04	3.06	2.92	2.94	3.1	3.12	3	2.98	2.37	1.98	1.92	2.79
2009	2.46	2.54	2.85	2.87	2.96	3.14	3.46	3.46	3.76	3.52	3.35	3.27	3.14

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	3.41	3.32	3.32	3.27	3.22	3	3.04	3.27	3.35	3.37	3.4	3.5	3.29
2011	3.56	3.56	3.57	3.37	3.1	3.12	3.1	3.16	3.14	3.23	3.16	3.11	3.27
2012	3.06	2.97	2.75	3.2	3.02	2.91	2.99	3.07	3.19	3.16	3.12	3.31	3.06
2013	3.34	3.33	3.48	3.39	3.29	3.17	3.17	3.36	3.59	3.77	3.72	3.81	3.45
2014	3.9	3.65	3.59	3.55	3.67	3.58	3.51	3.49	3.37	3.42	3.33	3.37	3.54
2015	3.24	3.11	3.08	3.01	2.97	3.01	3.04	2.91	2.65	2.81	2.92	2.95	2.98
2016	2.85	2.83	2.87	2.99	3.08	2.96	3.18	3.46	3.6	3.88	4.01	3.91	3.3
2017	3.95	3.97	4.01	4.05	4.02	3.95	3.86	4.13	4.27	4.19	4.11	4.11	4.05
2018	4.16	4.1	3.95	3.88	3.76	3.39	3.41	3.34	3.25	3.48	3.36	3.18	3.61
2019	3.23	3.27	3.38	3.34	3.09	2.78	2.84	3.06	2.88	2.94	3.19	3.21	3.1

Colombo auction, Sri Lanka monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	3.27	3.35	3.08	3.66	3.76	3.3	3.32	3.37	3.35	3.51	3.47	3.41	3.4
2021	3.39	3.32	3.27	3.21	3.08	2.93	2.99	2.99	2.98	3.05	3.11	3.19	3.13
2022	3.51	3.61	3.35	4.09	3.71	3.51	4.01	4.21	4.49	4.15	3.8	4.04	3.87
2023	4.04	3.96	3.82	3.9	3.43	3.23	2.48	3.58	3.64	3.49	3.43	3.67	3.56
2024	4.01	4.27	4.33	4.12	4.28	4.16	4.1	4.02	4.09	4.06	3.96	4.11	4.13
2025	4.08	4	4.07	3.96	3.89	3.74	3.8	3.98	4.01	3.94	3.96	3.95	3.95
2026	3.79	3.76	3.68	3.8	3.68	3.5	3.58	3.61					3.68

Kolkata auction, India ($/kg)

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12
1961	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98
1962	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
1963	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08
1964	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04
1965	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14
1966	1.21	1.21	1.21	1.21	1.21	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.953
1967	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
1968	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73	0.73
1969	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
1971	0.8	0.76	0.66	1.54	1.19	1.02	1.19	0.97	0.94	0.94	0.87	0.81	0.974
1972	0.8	0.78	0.75	0.82	0.96	1.05	1.01	0.87	0.76	0.78	0.74	0.71	0.836
1973	0.73	0.71	0.69	0.9	0.96	1.08	1.14	0.97	0.84	0.85	0.79	0.73	0.866
1974	0.71	0.8	0.83	1.46	1.3	1.53	1.85	1.45	1.26	1.23	1.27	1.37	1.26
1975	1.29	1.19	1.13	2.03	1.5	1.7	1.73	1.53	1.4	1.4	1.27	1.21	1.45
1976	1.21	1.19	1.15	1.71	1.34	1.58	1.63	1.47	1.41	1.42	1.43	1.48	1.42
1977	1.55	1.91	2.06	2.98	2.25	2.55	2.43	2.13	1.99	1.85	1.54	1.58	2.07
1978	1.74	1.73	1.65	3.08	1.84	1.86	2.02	1.82	1.72	1.73	1.69	1.62	1.88
1979	1.59	1.53	1.5	3.96	2.19	1.96	1.97	2.12	2.07	2.11	2.2	2.04	2.1

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	2.03	2.03	1.99	2	2.04	2.06	2.08	2.07	2.09	2.09	2.07	2.04	2.05
1981	1.97	1.91	1.91	1.9	1.87	1.82	1.77	1.74	1.72	1.71	1.72	1.72	1.81
1982	1.91	1.9	1.88	1.86	1.88	1.85	1.83	1.83	1.81	1.81	1.79	1.8	1.85
1983	1.92	1.99	1.97	2.4	2.47	2.64	2.5	2.64	2.7	2.87	3.1	3.03	2.52
1984	3.47	2.54	2.63	3.35	3.06	3.09	3.19	3.1	2.71	2.8	2.41	2.63	2.92
1985	2.36	2.09	1.85	2.23	2.3	2.36	2.57	2.39	2.16	1.97	2.01	2.13	2.2
1986	1.81	1.71	1.6	1.79	2.33	2.3	2.49	2.36	2.36	2.48	2.43	2.31	2.16
1987	2.17	2.08	2.11	2.48	2.53	2.45	2.53	2.34	2.27	2.27	2.24	2.06	2.29
1988	1.85	1.82	1.75	1.78	2.28	2.29	2.37	2.15	1.99	2.01	1.94	1.93	2.01
1989	1.92	1.96	1.98	2.25	2.52	2.27	2.49	2.46	3.24	2.97	2.59	2.49	2.43

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	2.64	2.77	2.61	2.87	3.3	3.09	3.07	2.88	2.8	2.81	2.25	2.61	2.81
1991	2.52	2.18	2.06	2.17	2.65	2.48	2.21	2.01	2.03	1.92	1.91	1.8	2.16
1992	1.52	1.42	1.4	1.48	1.98	1.97	2.03	1.8	1.65	1.66	1.63	1.73	1.69
1993	1.87	2.17	1.7	1.77	1.85	1.98	1.95	1.84	1.72	1.69	1.76	1.83	1.84
1994	1.74	1.43	1.36	1.18	1.85	1.63	1.85	1.73	1.62	1.48	1.47	1.55	1.57
1995	1.64	1.5	1.34	1.39	1.87	1.98	2.2	1.88	1.78	1.79	1.84	1.69	1.74
1996	1.48	1.42	1.41	1.75	1.92	1.85	2.14	1.82	1.68	1.55	1.46	1.56	1.67
1997	1.62	1.6	1.64	1.75	2.21	2.3	2.6	2.43	2.37	2.38	2.39	2.47	2.15
1998	2.5	2.37	2.08	2.44	2.31	2.13	2.28	2.13	2.03	2	1.93	1.77	2.16
1999	1.73	1.66	1.47	1.81	2.6	2.29	2.41	2.12	2.21	2.31	2.21	1.98	2.07

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	1.86	1.52	1.37	1.53	2.2	1.97	2.36	2	1.9	1.8	1.58	1.59	1.81
2001	1.81	1.61	1.3	1.7	1.83	1.96	2.08	1.75	1.61	1.37	1.41	1.49	1.66
2002	1.29	1.16	1.03	1.35	1.52	1.74	1.86	1.56	1.56	1.57	1.52	1.43	1.47
2003	1.45	1.5	1.21	1.39	1.42	1.54	1.84	1.49	1.4	1.45	1.4	1.48	1.46
2004	1.35	1.38	1.23	1.76	1.77	1.98	1.98	1.93	1.89	1.87	1.86	1.67	1.72
2005	1.39	1.38	1.34	1.83	1.65	1.89	1.98	1.71	1.57	1.57	1.6	1.54	1.62
2006	1.51	1.46	1.34	1.85	1.85	2.07	2.03	1.88	1.86	1.84	1.71	1.65	1.75
2007	1.57	1.41	1.27	2.01	2	2.25	2.27	2.05	2.02	2.1	2	2.12	1.92
2008	1.94	1.73	1.63	2.35	2.37	2.6	2.74	2.63	2.45	2.32	2.19	2.09	2.25
2009	1.91	1.75	1.67	2.44	2.89	2.8	2.74	2.71	2.74	2.94	2.91	2.68	2.52

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	2.44	2.29	1.74	2.45	2.85	2.92	3.23	3.2	3.18	3.25	3.17	2.94	2.8
2011	2.61	2.3	1.96	3.03	3.14	3.23	3.41	3.11	2.86	2.78	2.55	2.36	2.78
2012	2.28	2.09	1.79	2.39	3.18	3.12	3.11	3.2	3.09	2.99	2.89	2.86	2.75
2013	2.62	2.53	2.55	2.91	3.18	3.03	3.04	2.71	2.55	2.62	2.52	2.55	2.73
2014	2.16	1.85	1.8	2.38	2.98	3.06	3.29	2.86	2.65	2.61	2.71	2.62	2.58
2015	2.28	1.84	1.42	2.13	2.6	2.71	2.86	2.8	2.59	2.54	2.49	2.45	2.39
2016	2.08	1.75	1.77	2.51	2.43	2.58	2.7	2.56	2.44	2.39	2.41	2.36	2.33
2017	2.14	1.85	1.69	2.18	2.63	2.63	2.83	2.77	2.62	2.64	2.61	2.5	2.42
2018	2.19	1.91	1.75	2.28	2.69	2.69	2.76	2.59	2.35	2.31	2.39	2.39	2.36
2019	2.12	1.72	1.63	2.35	2.71	2.75	2.9	2.71	2.53	2.46	2.36	2.28	2.38

Kolkata auction, India monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	1.97	1.6	1.33	1.3	1.79	3.35	3.99	4.07	3.86	3.5	2.88	2.6	2.69
2021	2.62	2.33	2.02	2.88	3.14	3.34	3.2	3	2.98	2.88	2.91	2.67	2.83
2022	2.4	2.07	1.96	3.11	2.87	3.27	3.55	3.54	3.15	2.83	2.85	2.42	2.84
2023	1.94	1.86	1.85	2.63	2.47	2.76	2.86	2.68	2.65	2.62	2.62	2.28	2.44
2024	1.76	1.62	1.57	2.66	3.13	3.36	3.59	3.46	3.61	3.31	3.07	2.56	2.81
2025	2	1.8	1.77	2.65	3.25	3.22	3.22	3	2.72	2.86	2.7	2.42	2.63
2026	2.12	2.01	2.08	2.37	3.12	3.14	3.14	2.85					2.6

Mombasa auction, Kenya ($/kg)

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 1960s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04	1.04
1961	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.98
1962	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95	0.95
1963	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96	0.96
1964	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92	0.92
1965	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01
1966	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91	0.91
1967	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
1968	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84	0.84
1969	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.72

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 1970s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89	0.89
1971	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
1972	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81
1973	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.837
1974	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14	1.14
1975	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.12	1.09	0.98	0.97	1.09
1976	1.23	1.23	1.22	1.21	1.21	1.2	1.21	1.21	1.21	1.22	1.22	1.22	1.22
1977	2.08	2.08	2.08	2.09	2.09	2.09	2.11	2.1	2.09	2.11	2.13	2.16	2.1
1978	1.56	1.57	1.58	1.59	1.56	1.58	1.61	1.63	1.64	1.68	1.66	1.65	1.61
1979	1.63	1.62	1.62	1.62	1.6	1.61	1.64	1.64	1.65	1.64	1.63	1.66	1.63

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 1980s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	1.84	1.83	1.79	1.77	1.82	1.84	1.85	1.83	1.84	1.83	1.79	1.77	1.82
1981	1.91	1.77	1.68	1.74	1.69	1.66	1.63	1.61	1.54	1.41	1.42	1.42	1.62
1982	1.73	1.7	1.68	1.67	1.7	1.65	1.63	1.62	1.62	1.6	1.59	1.48	1.64
1983	1.99	1.97	1.97	1.96	1.96	1.93	1.89	1.86	1.86	1.88	1.86	1.84	1.91
1984	2.9	2.93	3.08	2.94	2.86	2.83	2.76	2.74	2.72	2.69	2.67	2.59	2.81
1985	1.63	1.6	1.58	1.62	1.61	1.62	1.6	1.54	1.51	1.57	1.59	1.59	1.59
1986	1.7	1.72	1.71	1.7	1.7	1.68	1.72	1.73	1.72	1.72	1.69	1.71	1.71
1987	1.34	1.33	1.33	1.34	1.34	1.32	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.27	1.27	1.29	1.31
1988	1.43	1.4	1.41	1.41	1.4	1.37	1.33	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.32	1.31	1.36
1989	1.66	1.65	1.62	1.6	1.54	1.48	1.49	1.47	1.43	1.42	1.42	1.43	1.52

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 1990s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	1.74	1.62	1.65	1.59	1.36	1.12	1.32	1.26	1.48	1.6	1.58	1.52	1.49
1991	1.55	1.48	1.48	1.47	1.48	1.38	1.36	1.35	1.38	1.41	1.38	1.42	1.43
1992	1.45	1.39	1.39	1.53	1.63	1.68	1.76	1.8	1.92	1.89	1.82	1.86	1.68
1993	1.91	1.78	1.58	1.46	1.42	1.48	1.59	1.51	1.45	1.54	1.46	1.51	1.56
1994	1.5	1.61	1.66	1.58	1.54	1.57	1.71	1.66	1.57	1.6	1.46	1.39	1.57
1995	1.38	1.36	1.34	1.35	1.3	1.29	1.28	1.24	1.31	1.27	1.24	1.27	1.3
1996	1.37	1.34	1.37	1.42	1.43	1.4	1.37	1.44	1.45	1.49	1.5	1.51	1.42
1997	1.57	1.61	1.79	1.98	1.99	1.93	2.01	2.21	2.08	2.23	2.38	2.4	2.02
1998	2.55	2.81	2.29	1.95	1.56	1.56	1.68	1.7	1.75	1.74	1.59	1.61	1.9
1999	1.75	1.77	1.89	1.87	1.71	1.68	1.67	1.66	1.98	2	1.81	1.83	1.8

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 2000s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	1.88	2.11	2.06	2.03	2.01	2.05	2.11	2.1	2.11	1.97	2.01	1.92	2.03
2001	1.87	1.72	1.67	1.44	1.46	1.43	1.54	1.48	1.39	1.38	1.4	1.43	1.52
2002	1.46	1.51	1.54	1.49	1.39	1.45	1.48	1.5	1.56	1.55	1.52	1.47	1.49
2003	1.51	1.43	1.51	1.5	1.52	1.5	1.55	1.55	1.58	1.67	1.62	1.59	1.54
2004	1.63	1.65	1.59	1.54	1.52	1.51	1.53	1.57	1.64	1.51	1.45	1.51	1.55
2005	1.51	1.48	1.49	1.47	1.41	1.39	1.45	1.5	1.52	1.54	1.47	1.51	1.48
2006	1.68	2.35	1.96	1.96	2.07	2.13	2.15	2.09	1.87	1.74	1.72	1.71	1.95
2007	1.7	1.65	1.63	1.59	1.55	1.66	1.64	1.61	1.77	1.75	1.71	1.73	1.67
2008	2.14	2.42	2.1	2.2	2.14	2.31	2.41	2.6	2.57	2.23	1.73	1.77	2.22
2009	2.19	2.12	2.14	2.21	2.22	2.41	2.67	2.81	2.97	2.61	2.91	2.98	2.52

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 2010s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	2.85	2.94	2.8	2.6	2.33	2.24	2.32	2.51	2.46	2.49	2.52	2.69	2.56
2011	2.89	2.79	2.74	2.67	2.62	2.71	2.8	2.8	2.67	2.69	2.66	2.61	2.72
2012	2.63	2.64	2.73	2.78	2.8	2.88	2.99	3.08	3.04	2.88	3.04	3.08	2.88
2013	3.05	2.91	2.66	2.37	2.39	2.31	2.28	2.28	2.12	2	2.09	2.33	2.4
2014	2.56	2.22	2.09	2.09	1.96	1.91	2.1	2.03	1.89	1.91	1.9	1.88	2.05
2015	2.32	2.42	2.72	2.77	3.09	3.27	3.39	3.17	3.1	3.24	3.06	3.03	2.97
2016	2.72	2.48	2.3	2.11	2.21	2.41	2.43	2.31	2.33	2.39	2.68	2.67	2.42
2017	3.05	3.06	2.92	2.87	2.94	3.14	2.99	2.9	2.96	3.06	2.98	2.79	2.97
2018	2.96	2.99	2.81	2.69	2.62	2.52	2.49	2.4	2.41	2.42	2.36	2.3	2.58
2019	2.26	2.16	2.13	2.26	2.39	2.16	2	2.11	2.22	2.34	2.3	2.21	2.21

Mombasa auction, Kenya monthly prices, 2020s, $/kg
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	2.29	2.13	1.99	2.11	1.97	1.86	1.81	2	2.03	1.98	1.99	1.94	2.01
2021	2.03	2.02	2	1.92	1.92	1.82	1.76	2.16	2.22	2.42	2.48	2.62	2.11
2022	2.68	2.73	2.54	2.53	2.38	2.11	2.37	2.36	2.36	2.46	2.49	2.39	2.45
2023	2.33	2.29	2.4	2.35	2.23	2.09	2.06	2.25	2.25	2.16	2.18	2.19	2.23
2024	2.2	2.23	2.15	2.31	2.17	2.14	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.07	2.24	2.19	2.18
2025	2.24	2.25	2.22	2.11	1.91	2	2.05	2.14	2.08	2.23	2.27	2.26	2.15
2026	2.26	2.34	2.32	2.32	2.18	2.27	2.24	2.25					2.27

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Tea price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/tea/, data 2026-09-02. Data updated 6 September 2026.