diff --git a/metrics/api/settings/local.py b/metrics/api/settings/local.py
index 656920a22..8d0cf9636 100644
--- a/metrics/api/settings/local.py
+++ b/metrics/api/settings/local.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-from metrics.api.settings import ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR
+from metrics.api.settings import INSTALLED_APPS, MIDDLEWARE, ROOT_LEVEL_BASE_DIR
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = None
 
@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@
         "KEY_PREFIX": "reserved",
     },
 }
+
+# Debug toolbar configuration
+INSTALLED_APPS += ["debug_toolbar"]
+
+MIDDLEWARE += [
+    "debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware",
+]
+
+INTERNAL_IPS = ["127.0.0.1"]
diff --git a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
index 605fa09b7..6000871c0 100644
--- a/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
+++ b/metrics/api/urls_construction.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import debug_toolbar
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path, re_path, resolvers
 from django.views.static import serve
@@ -10,11 +12,12 @@
 from wagtail.admin import urls as wagtailadmin_urls
 from wagtail.api.v2.router import WagtailAPIRouter
 
+import config
 from cms.dashboard.views import LinkBrowseView
 from cms.dashboard.viewsets import CMSDraftPagesViewSet, CMSPagesAPIViewSet
 from cms.snippets.views import GlobalBannerView, MenuView
 from feedback.api.urls import construct_urlpatterns_for_feedback
-from metrics.api import enums, settings
+from metrics.api import enums
 from metrics.api.views import (
     AuditAPITimeSeriesViewSet,
     AuditCoreHeadlineViewSet,
@@ -213,6 +216,11 @@ def construct_public_api_urlpatterns(
     path("", include(static_urlpatterns)),
 ]
 
+if settings.DEBUG and config.APIENV == "LOCAL":
+    common_urlpatterns += [
+        path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
+    ]
+
 django_admin_urlpatterns = [
     # Django admin
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b1f28e29d..165ef7125 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pytest-django==4.11.1
 pytest-random-order==1.2.0
 ruff==0.14.9
 stevedore==5.6.0
+django-debug-toolbar==6.1.0
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