Onions (local) — retail price per kg
30.00MZN per kg▲ 108.3% vs Sept 2013
Maputo (Maputo Cidade) · Latest observation Dec 2013 · no newer data published
Maputo (Maputo Cidade)Beira (Sofala)Chimoio (Manica)
- Latest
- 30.00
- Change
- +0.0%
- High
- 30.00 Jul 2013
- Low
- 14.40 Sept 2013
- Average
- 26.10
Maputo (Maputo Cidade) is 30.00 MZN per kg (Dec 2013), roughly unchanged from in Jul 2013.
Each line is one market town, not a province or national average. Months without a reported price are left out, not filled in.
What is this?
The retail price of onions (local) observed in local markets.
How to read it
Compare markets to see where it costs more; compare years to see how prices moved. Seasonal swings around the harvest are normal.
Unit: MZN per kg.
What does the data say?
Onions (local) — retail price per kg (Maputo (Maputo Cidade)) is 30.00 MZN per kg (Dec 2013), roughly unchanged from in Jul 2013.
Over all 4 observations since Jul 2013, the highest was 30.00 (Jul 2013) and the lowest 14.40 (Sept 2013).
The latest observation is from Dec 2013; the source has not published anything newer.
Why does it matter?
- Households: Staple prices determine how far a household's income goes.
- Businesses: Traders' margins and input costs.
- Government: Food security monitoring.
- Investors: Inflation and consumer demand.
- Mobile money: Higher food prices may reduce money left for other transactions; higher nominal transaction values do not necessarily mean higher real spending.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
Where it costs most — Dec 2013
Only markets with a price for the same month are ranked, so the comparison is like for like.
| Market | Latest | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Cuamba (Niassa) | 50.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Nampula (Nampula) | 46.67 MZN per kg | — |
| Mocuba (Zambezia) | 41.36 MZN per kg | — |
| Beira (Sofala) | 40.62 MZN per kg | — |
| Lichinga (Niassa) | 40.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Nhamatanda (Sofala) | 40.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Tete (Tete) | 40.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Pemba (Cabo Delgado) | 39.41 MZN per kg | — |
| Gorongoza (Sofala) | 39.29 MZN per kg | — |
| Massinga (Inhambane) | 33.75 MZN per kg | — |
| Quelimane (Zambezia) | 33.75 MZN per kg | — |
| Chokwe (Gaza) | 30.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Maputo (Maputo Cidade) | 30.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Milange (Zambezia) | 30.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Ribaue (Nampula) | 30.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Alto Molócuè (Zambezia) | 25.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Manica (Manica) | 25.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Maxixe (Inhambane) | 25.00 MZN per kg | — |
| Chimoio (Manica) | 22.86 MZN per kg | — |
| Angónia (Tete) | 20.00 MZN per kg | — |
3 more with older observations
| Montepuez (Cabo Delgado) | 30.00 | Sept 2013 |
| Inhambane (Inhambane) | 15.00 | Sept 2013 |
| Xai Xai (Gaza) | 31.67 | Aug 2013 |
Other varieties and units
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- WFP Market Monitor, Mozambique food prices (via HDX)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 4 (Jul 2013 – Dec 2013) for Maputo (Maputo Cidade); 23 market in total
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Prices collected by WFP and partners in local markets (largely from Mozambique's agricultural market information system, SIMA). Monthly, in meticais, per stated unit.
- Limitations
- Each series is one market town, not a province or national average. Coverage varies by market and has thinned since 2024; check each market's last observation date. Product quality and package size follow the stated unit only.
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