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Enter an amount and year to see roughly what it would be worth today. This is not a historical exchange-rate conversion, a collectible-note valuation, or a claim that every household faced the same costs.

Price comparisons use annual data through 2025. Only optional currency conversions use a recent exchange rate.

Who publishes Money Replay

Money Replay is an independent educational website. It is not a bank, government agency, financial adviser, appraiser, or affiliate of the listed data providers.

What was that peso amount worth in today’s money?

Calculation: input amount × (2025 index ÷ selected-year index)

present value = input amount × (100 ÷ selected-year index)
  1. Choose the year and amountEnter the peso amount shown on a payslip, receipt, ad, budget or family record from 1960 onward.
  2. Compare Philippine price levelsThe calculator compares average Philippine consumer prices in the selected year with prices today. It does not use the peso–dollar exchange-rate change.
  3. Read the result as a national estimateUse the answer as an estimate based on average consumer prices, then check region, wage rules and the particular good when those are central to the question.

Price data

PSA provides the CPI and rebasing framework; BSP publishes price and exchange-rate tables; NWPC documents regional minimum wages.

Price data
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL
Reference year
2025
annual average
19602025
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL

Check prices, wages and the peso separately

Updates and corrections

Calculations are updated when an official annual series changes or when an error is confirmed. A modified date changes only after a substantive change; sources, coverage and limitations remain visible.

PHILIPPINE PESO FAQ

What the peso estimate does—and does not—answer

How does the calculator show what a past peso amount is worth today?

It compares average consumer prices in the selected year with prices today. The result shows roughly how much would now be needed to buy a similar mix of everyday goods and services.

What years can I enter?

You can enter Philippine peso amounts from 1960 onward. For an older wartime or post-war record, first identify the currency and date from a historical source.

Is this the same as converting pesos to US dollars?

No. CPI measures domestic consumer prices, while an exchange rate measures one currency against another. The two may interact but do not move by the same percentage.

What changed when PSA rebased CPI from 2012 to 2018?

PSA changed the CPI base year, basket and spending weights. That does not erase earlier price rises. Figures built on different base years must be joined using PSA’s published links or rates of change.