Cooking oil (1L)
Soweto · KES
Over the weeks shown, cooking oil (1l) costs about 8% more in KES. Measured in sats, it is 20% cheaper.
In short: it takes more shillings to buy, but fewer sats. Saving in Bitcoin would have stretched further here.
In KES
+8.4%
In sats
-19.8%
Official CPI (YoY)
+5.2%
Both lines start at 100, so you can see how each moves apart over time.
KES
Sats
Official CPI
Weekly medians
| Week of | KES | Sats |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | 357 | 4,462 |
| 2025-10-01 | 360 | 4,355 |
| 2025-11-01 | 363 | 4,249 |
| 2025-12-01 | 367 | 4,147 |
| 2026-01-01 | 370 | 4,046 |
| 2026-02-01 | 373 | 3,948 |
| 2026-03-01 | 377 | 3,853 |
| 2026-04-01 | 380 | 3,760 |
| 2026-05-01 | 384 | 3,669 |
| 2026-06-01 | 387 | 3,580 |