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How to calculate weighted average in Excel?

Author: Kelly Last Modified: 2024-08-15

For example, you have a shopping list with prices, weights, and amounts. You can easily calculate average price with the AVERAGE function in Excel. But what if weighted average price? In this article, I will introduce a method to calculate the weighted average, as well as a method to calculate weighted average if meeting specific criteria in Excel.

Calculate weighted average in Excel

Calculate weighted average if meeting given criteria in Excel

Calculate weighted average in Excel

Supposing your shopping list is as below screenshot shown. You can easily calculate the weighted average price with combining the SUMPRODUCT function and SUM function in Excel, and you can get it done as follows:

a screenshot showing the original data

Step 1: Select a blank cell, says Cell F2, enter the formula =SUMPRODUCT(C2:C18,D2:D18)/SUM(C2:C18) into it, and press the Enter key.

a screenshot showing how to use the formula to calculate weighted average

Note: In the formula =SUMPRODUCT(C2:C18,D2:D18)/SUM(C2:C18), C2:C18 is the Weight column, D2:D18 is the Price column, and you can change both based on your needs.

Step 2: The weighted average price may include too many decimal places. To change the decimal places, you can select the cell, and then click the Increase Decimal button a screenshot of the Increase Decimal buttonor Decrease Decimal button a screenshot of the Decrease Decimal button on the Home tab.

a screenshot of selecting one of the decimal type

Calculate weighted average if meeting given criteria in Excel

The formula we introduced above will calculate the weighted average price of all fruits. But sometimes you may want to calculate the weighted average if meeting given criteria, such as the weighted average price of Apple, and you can try this way.

Step 1: Select a blank cell, for example Cell F8, enter the formula =SUMPRODUCT((B2:B18="Apple")*C2:C18*D2:D18)/SUMIF(B2:B18,"Apple",C2:C18) into it, and press the Enter key.

a screenshot showing how to use formula to calculate weighted average if meeting given criteria

Note: In the formula of =SUMPRODUCT((B2:B18="Apple")*C2:C18*D2:D18)/SUMIF(B2:B18,"Apple",C2:C18), B2:B18 is the Fruit column, C2:C18 is the Weight column, D2:D18 is the Price column, "Apple" is the specific criteria you want to calculate weighted average by, and you can change them based on your needs.

Step 2: Select the cell with this formula, and then click the Increase Decimal button a screenshot of the Increase Decimal buttonor Decrease Decimal button a screenshot of the Decrease Decimal button 2on the Home tab to change the decimal places of weighted average price of apple.

a screenshot of selecting one of the decimal type 2

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