Potato and vegetable prices by year: how much a borsch set costs in 2026

2026-10-30 · Prices, inflation

As of October 19, 2026, a kilogram of potatoes in Russia costs 49.66 rubles on average, cabbage 38.89, carrots 49.34, and onions 49.22. These are Rosstat data. For borsch, this is enough for the entire set: a kilogram of potatoes, half a kilogram of cabbage, and three hundred grams each of carrots and onions cost approximately 99 rubles. They cost exactly the same in January 2022, but in the summer of 2026, the same set jumped to 146 rubles. Below are the prices by year since 2010, weekly dynamics since 2022, a comparison with last autumn, and answers to frequently asked questions. Each chart has an interactive version at roschart.ru.

How much does a potato cost in 2026

Rosstat records the price every Monday. In 2026, the potato season went as follows:

• January 12: 45.54 rubles per kilogram, the lowest price of the year;
• March 2: 50.73;
• May 4: 55.32;
• June 1: 58.05;
• July 6: 75.90, the peak of the year;
• August 3: 70.79;
• September 7: 56.40;
• October 5: 49.86;
• October 19: 49.66.

A pattern familiar to anyone who has bought "old" potatoes in the spring: they get more expensive from January until the beginning of summer, then the new harvest arrives and the price drops. From the July peak to mid-October, a kilogram lost 34.6% of its value. For a ten-kilogram bag, the difference is noticeable: in July it cost approximately 759 rubles, now it is approximately 497.

On the weekly chart, seasonal "humps" are visible every year, but their height varies. The record for recent years occurred on June 9, 2025: 95.28 rubles. This is almost twice as high as the current price. The lowest price for the same period was on November 20, 2023, 27.57 rubles. Fresh values for each week are available in the dataset with weekly prices.

A comparison with last autumn is not in favor of the current one. On October 20, 2025, potatoes cost 40.62 rubles, now 49.66, which is 22.3% more expensive. Last year's minimum, 39.48 rubles, occurred on October 6, 2025, and four months before that, on June 9, the price reached 95.28.

Cabbage, carrots, and onions: what about the rest of the borscht basket

The other vegetables behave similarly, although each has its own character. As of October 19, 2026:

The 2026 peaks for cabbage and carrots occurred on July 13, and for onions and potatoes on July 6. The year-on-year price increase for three out of the four vegetables is approximately the same, 21-22%, and only carrots lagged behind at 12.4%.

If we look at the four-plus years, the situation is different. Onions became the most expensive relative to January 2022: 49.22 rubles against 31.45, up 56.5%. Cabbage, on the contrary, became cheaper by almost a third, but here one must remember the spring of 2022: on April 8, a kilogram of cabbage cost 99.52 rubles, which is the maximum for the entire weekly series. Six months later, on September 26, it was 22.13, which is the minimum. The range within a single year was 4.5 times.

Carrots are the most "stable" of the four: over all the years of the weekly series, their price fluctuated between 32.74 rubles (November 14, 2022) and 80.77 (July 7, 2025). Onions reached a record price of 77.00 rubles on May 22, 2023, and showed a minimum on November 21, 2022, at 28.82 rubles. Rosstat does not state the reasons for such jumps. The usual explanation for spring and summer is as follows: stocks from the previous harvest are running out, and the new one is not yet available. The data does not contradict this, but it cannot be proven with Rosstat numbers.

Borscht ingredients in rubles

To make the figures clear, let's take a set for a large pot of borscht: 1 kg of potatoes, 0.5 kg of cabbage, and 0.3 kg each of carrots and onions. This is a hypothetical example; the calculation is ours, the prices are from Rosstat:

Over the year, the set has increased in price by 20.4%, and compared to January 2022, it has remained almost unchanged: 98.67 rubles against 99.11. It has become a third cheaper since the summer peak, but July 2026 shows that buying vegetables a week in advance in June and July is unprofitable: the same set was one and a half times more expensive than in October.

If you cook borscht twice a week, you spend approximately 790 rubles a month on these four vegetables at October prices and about 1,170 at July prices. The difference of 380 rubles per family remains solely due to the season.

Potato and vegetable prices by year: 2010-2024

The Rosstat annual series provides the price at the end of December. It is incomplete: after 2010, it lists 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Prices are in rubles per kilogram. Note December 2024: potatoes became 2.03 times more expensive over the year (from 28.04 to 56.86 rubles), onions by 50.2% (from 34.44 to 51.72), and cabbage by 44.7%. Carrots grew more modestly, by 14.8%. Prior to this, potatoes had become cheaper for two years in a row: from 46.57 rubles in 2021 to 28.04 in 2023, a decrease of 39.8%. Cabbage fell by 54.1% in 2022, from 52.59 to 24.12.

If we compare the end of 2024 with 2010, potatoes grew by 96.5% and onions by 88.7%. Over the same 14 years, the ruble itself has depreciated, so to assess the real price increase, it is convenient to check the inflation calculator and the 2025 inflation page.

On the annual chart, onions stand out from the general rhythm: while potatoes and cabbage fluctuated up and down, onions became more expensive in almost every period. Open the full table for other products in the set of average consumer prices for selected food products.

Questions and answers

How much does a kilogram of potatoes cost in 2026? On average across Russia, 49.66 rubles as of October 19, 2026. Since the beginning of the year, the price has fluctuated from 45.54 rubles (January 12) to 75.90 (July 6).

Why do potatoes get more expensive in the spring and summer? In the data, this is visible every year since 2022: the price rises from winter until June or July, then falls. Rosstat does not publish the reasons; this is usually attributed to the fact that stocks of the previous harvest run out before the new one arrives.

By how much have vegetables increased in price over the year? Potatoes and onions by 22.3%, cabbage by 21.0%, carrots by 12.4%. Comparison of October 19, 2026, with October 20, 2025.

How much did potatoes cost in 2024? At the end of 2024, 56.86 rubles per kilogram. A year ago, at the end of 2023, it was 28.04.

Which vegetable is the most expensive? Of the four main vegetables in the borscht set, potatoes are currently the most expensive (49.66 rubles), followed by slightly cheaper carrots (49.34) and onions (49.22), with cabbage being the cheapest (38.89).

When were potatoes the cheapest? In the weekly series since January 2022, the minimum was 27.57 rubles on November 20, 2023.

Summary

A kilogram of potatoes in Russia costs 49.66 rubles, cabbage 38.89, carrots 49.34, onions 49.22 (Rosstat, October 19, 2026). Over the year, vegetables have increased in price by 12-22%, the borscht set by 20.4%, while compared to January 2022, it has practically not changed: 98.67 rubles versus 99.11. The main thing the data shows is that the price depends more on the month than on the year. Potatoes in July 2026 cost 75.90 rubles, in October 49.66, and the record 95.28 rubles were in June 2025. In the autumn, vegetables are usually the cheapest, while in the spring and early summer, they are more expensive. Source of all data: Rosstat.

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