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Grocery prices in Malaysia: what the shelf actually says

By Covered Abroad Research Desk · Last verified July 2026

From the government's PriceCatcher records for September 2026, the median price across Malaysia was RM9.29 for a kilo of standard chicken, RM15.49 for 30 grade A eggs, RM34.50 for 10 kg of Jasmine Super 5 rice, RM16.00 for a kilo of kembung fish and RM8.49 for a litre of Dutch Lady fresh milk. In Kuala Lumpur, fresh fish and vegetables ran a little higher.

Where these numbers come from

PriceCatcher is the price-surveillance dataset published on OpenDOSM, Malaysia's official open-data portal. Ground staff record shelf prices at hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores and markets across every state. The September 2026 file holds 1,742,320 price records.

For each item below we took the median of every price recorded for it that month, which shows the typical shelf price without being skewed by one unusually cheap or expensive shop. The figures are our calculation from the official records, not a figure DOSM publishes itself.

Source: OpenDOSM: PriceCatcher transactional records (September 2026 file, item and premise lookups), read 16 October 2026.

The basics, nationwide

Median price across Malaysia, September 2026:

  • Chicken, standard cleaned (1 kg): RM9.29
  • Grade A eggs (30): RM15.49
  • Jasmine Super 5 imported rice (10 kg): RM34.50
  • Faiza Emas imported white rice (10 kg): RM31.99
  • Cooking oil, mixed-brand packet (1 kg): RM2.50
  • Pure palm cooking oil, Buruh brand (5 kg): RM30.90
  • Wheat flour, Sauh brand (1 kg): RM3.20

Source: OpenDOSM: PriceCatcher transactional records (September 2026 file, item and premise lookups), read 16 October 2026.

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Fresh food and drinks

  • Kembung fish, 8 to 12 per kilo (1 kg): RM16.00
  • Imported Indian buffalo meat, topside (1 kg): RM25.90
  • Local beef (1 kg): RM36.00
  • Holland onions (1 kg): RM3.99
  • Tomatoes (1 kg): RM8.00
  • Green sawi (1 kg): RM5.00
  • Dutch Lady fresh milk (1 litre): RM8.49
  • Milo packet (900 g): RM20.50

The meat aisle shows the biggest spread: imported Indian buffalo meat has a median of RM25.90 a kilo against RM36.00 for local beef.

Source: OpenDOSM: PriceCatcher transactional records (September 2026 file, item and premise lookups), read 16 October 2026.

Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor

The same records split by state show a modest premium in Kuala Lumpur on fresh items:

  • Chicken (1 kg): KL RM9.69, Penang RM9.29, Johor RM8.99
  • Kembung fish (1 kg): KL RM19.99, Penang RM16.00, Johor RM18.99
  • Green sawi (1 kg): KL RM4.99, Penang RM4.00, Johor RM4.99
  • Grade A eggs (30): KL RM15.30, Penang RM15.90, Johor RM15.10

Packaged staples such as branded cooking oil barely move between states, so the city difference is mostly in fish and vegetables.

Source: OpenDOSM: PriceCatcher transactional records (September 2026 file, item and premise lookups), read 16 October 2026.

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Common questions

How much do groceries cost in Malaysia?

From the government's PriceCatcher records for September 2026, typical shelf prices were RM9.29 for a kilo of chicken, RM15.49 for 30 grade A eggs, RM34.50 for 10 kg of Jasmine rice and RM8.49 for a litre of fresh milk.

Are groceries more expensive in Kuala Lumpur?

Slightly, mostly on fresh food. In September 2026 PriceCatcher records, the median kilo of kembung fish was RM19.99 in Kuala Lumpur against RM16.00 in Penang, while packaged staples such as cooking oil barely differed.

How much is a tray of eggs in Malaysia?

The median price for 30 grade A eggs across Malaysia was RM15.49 in the September 2026 PriceCatcher records, with medians of RM15.10 in Johor, RM15.30 in Kuala Lumpur and RM15.90 in Penang.

Where do these Malaysian grocery prices come from?

From PriceCatcher, the price-surveillance records published on OpenDOSM. We took the median of every price recorded for each item in September 2026, across 1,742,320 records, so each figure is the typical shelf price.

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