Your squeeze
Your month, now and a year ago.
Put in how you live and see what the same month costs now against a year ago, from the official numbers. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
Your squeezeR752 more a month than a year ago: R9,020 a year.
| Cost | October 2026 | October 2025 | Extra each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel | R2,420 | R1,730 | +R690 |
| Food | R3,136 | R3,074 | +R62 |
| Interest on your debt | R0 | R0 | +R0 |
| The same month costs | R5,556 | R4,804 | +R752 |
| Electricity | R1,810 | – | – |
Electricity is today’s average household price only; we don’t have a year-ago price to compare, so it isn’t in the change.
- Fuel: litres a month times the official price for this month and the same month last year.
- Food: the PMBEJD food basket for a family of seven, divided per person and times your household. It is a low-income basket, so your own shop may cost more.
- Interest: your balance times the prime rate, for a month. Many loans are priced at prime plus or minus a margin; the change is what matters here.
Fuel: official prices recorded by the AA. Food: PMBEJD Household Affordability Index, September 2026. Prime: the South African Reserve Bank. Electricity: GlobalPetrolPrices.com. Information, not advice.
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