19 wholesale spinach price series from 19 markets in Japan have a forecast. The median series points to little change over the coming weeks (−6.3% by the end of the forecast), against a typical 12-week error of 22%. Below: when spinach is usually cheapest and dearest in 3 countries.
🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium), Japan
🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market, Japan
Prices in each market’s currency and unit. Range: 80%. Typical error: median error at 12 weeks in the test on the series’ own history.
| Quote and market | Latest week | In 4 weeks | In 12 weeks | Change | Typical error |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Fukuoka City Central Wholesale Market, Produce Market (Vegefru Stadium) | 677 JPY/kg | 429–770 | 294–859 | −15.7% | ±29% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Central Wholesale Market | 692 JPY/kg | 522–1,008 | 434–1,002 | −4.5% | ±22% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Kanazawa City Central Wholesale Market | 648 JPY/kg | 444–818 | 389–852 | −5.5% | ±20% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Kitakyushu City Central Wholesale Market | 548 JPY/kg | 320–631 | 231–761 | −16.4% | ±27% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Kobe City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 831 JPY/kg | 619–967 | 492–945 | −11.6% | ±18% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Kyoto City Central Wholesale Market | 653 JPY/kg | 444–766 | 405–863 | −7.2% | ±24% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 678 JPY/kg | 453–747 | 443–845 | −8.2% | ±23% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Nagoya City Central Wholesale Market (Northern Market) | 696 JPY/kg | 459–737 | 401–786 | −13.4% | ±23% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Okinawa Prefectural Central Wholesale Market | 865 JPY/kg | 535–1,266 | 391–1,155 | −22.8% | ±26% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Eastern Market) | 644 JPY/kg | 437–762 | 346–784 | −10.0% | ±22% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Osaka City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 675 JPY/kg | 447–745 | 378–796 | −11.8% | ±22% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Ota Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 535 JPY/kg | 381–673 | 392–777 | +1.2% | ±20% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Sapporo City Central Wholesale Market | 712 JPY/kg | 617–913 | 617–1,031 | +8.1% | ±10% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Sendai City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 652 JPY/kg | 471–697 | 482–892 | −1.3% | ±20% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Takamatsu City Central Wholesale Market | 687 JPY/kg | 432–772 | 418–909 | −6.3% | ±21% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Toshima Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 509 JPY/kg | 365–680 | 386–873 | +6.5% | ±29% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Toyosu Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 657 JPY/kg | 488–726 | 484–892 | −1.6% | ±18% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Yodobashi Market (Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market) | 544 JPY/kg | 375–646 | 388–796 | +0.5% | ±17% |
| Spinach 🇯🇵 Yokohama City Central Wholesale Market (Main Market) | 540 JPY/kg | 372–670 | 390–785 | +1.8% | ±22% |
Usual wholesale price in each month against the yearly average, by country.
| Country | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Cheapest | Dearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇯🇵 Japan19 series · 19 markets · 2024–2026 | −15 | −21 | −30 | −23 | −18 | −11 | +22 | +51 | +67 | +30 | +2 | −3 | March | September |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay4 series · 2 markets · 2017–2025 | +36 | +105 | +129 | +26 | −27 | +15 | +20 | −31 | −52 | −45 | −8 | +12 | September | March |
| 🇵🇱 Poland1 series · 1 market · 2022–2026 | −1 | −1 | +0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | −0 | +0 | −0 | −1 | −1 | −2 | December | June |
cheaper than the yearly average · dearer · figures in % · no quotes in that month (season or data gap). Monthly averages of each series against its yearly average, after removing the long-term trend such as inflation; median across series and markets of the country, years with at least 10 months of quotes.
The forecasts extend each series’ own seasonal pattern; they do not know about this year’s weather, harvests, policy or currency moves. Use the range, not only the central figure, and do not base trading, purchasing or credit decisions on them alone.
Of 19 spinach price series with a forecast, 5 point higher and 14 lower or flat by the end of the forecast; the median series points to little change (−6.3%). The forecasts repeat what the season usually does and are recalculated daily (data of 13 Nov 2026).
In Japan, wholesale spinach prices are usually lowest in March (−30.4% against the yearly average) and highest in September (+67.4%), based on 19 price series from 19 markets, 2024–2026. The calendar on this page shows 2 more countries.
In tests on the last 52 weeks of each series, the typical 12-week error of the published spinach forecasts was 22%. Each series passed the test only because its errors were smaller than those of a “no change” forecast. Results of the archived forecasts are on the accuracy page.
From the wholesale markets and price services listed on each series, as published, in their own currencies and units. Husfarm does not adjust them except to compute weekly and monthly averages.
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