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EIA Forms EIA-878 and EIA-888 · Retail gasoline and on-highway diesel, monthly averages of weekly prices, United States and regions

What do gasoline and diesel cost at the pump in the US?

The month ended : of the 17 lines, the change over a year was largest for Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), up 76.1%, and smallest for Regular gasoline, West Coast except California, up 26.9%.

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, united states, each month

September 2016 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, united states, each month, one row for each measure
  • All grades gasoline4.4911.938 to 5.032
  • Regular gasoline4.3551.841 to 4.929
  • Midgrade gasoline4.9592.282 to 5.390
  • Premium gasoline5.3572.542 to 5.699
  • On-highway diesel6.2912.389 to 6.291

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, regular gasoline by region, each month

September 2016 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, regular gasoline by region, each month, one row for each measure
  • Regular gasoline, East Coast (PADD 1)4.1991.837 to 4.761
  • Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2)4.1661.542 to 4.879
  • Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)3.8581.532 to 4.574
  • Regular gasoline, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)4.4371.837 to 4.902
  • Regular gasoline, West Coast (PADD 5)5.5382.481 to 5.815
  • Regular gasoline, West Coast except California5.0652.238 to 5.392

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, diesel by region, each month

September 2016 to September 2026Not seasonally adjusted, as publishedNo picture is made of these rows; their numbers are in the table

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, diesel by region, each month, one row for each measure
  • Diesel, East Coast (PADD 1)6.0772.398 to 6.077
  • Diesel, Midwest (PADD 2)6.3512.237 to 6.351
  • Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)5.9782.145 to 5.978
  • Diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)6.1552.325 to 6.155
  • Diesel, West Coast (PADD 5)7.2632.656 to 7.263
  • Diesel, West Coast except California6.5792.538 to 6.579

Each row is one line of the page over the last ten years, one month to a point, on a scale shared by the rows of the tab, with its newest value and its range printed beside it and a dashed line at zero. A gap is a month with no value. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.

Observed .

Right now

Over a year to September 2026, of the 17 lines on this page the change was largest for Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), up 76.1%, and smallest for Regular gasoline, West Coast except California, up 26.9%.

Of these lines, 17 rose, 0 fell and 0 did not change over the year (ours, from the published values).

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By lineOver a year, ours

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, change over a year, by line

September 2025 to September 2026Percent, ours, from the published values

  • 1 Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3) +76.1% now $5.978
  • 2 Diesel, Midwest (PADD 2) +70.3% now $6.351
  • 3 On-highway diesel +67.8% now $6.291
  • 4 Diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) +64.5% now $6.155
  • 5 Diesel, East Coast (PADD 1) +61.9% now $6.077
  • 6 Diesel, West Coast (PADD 5) +60.7% now $7.263
  • 7 Diesel, West Coast except California +59.1% now $6.579
  • 8 Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3) +41.2% now $3.858
  • 9 Regular gasoline, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) +39.6% now $4.437
  • 10 Regular gasoline, East Coast (PADD 1) +39.0% now $4.199
  • 11 Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2) +38.3% now $4.166
  • 12 Regular gasoline +37.6% now $4.355
  • 13 All grades gasoline +36.4% now $4.491
  • 14 Midgrade gasoline +32.5% now $4.959
  • 15 Regular gasoline, West Coast (PADD 5) +31.1% now $5.538
  • 16 Premium gasoline +30.6% now $5.357
  • 17 Regular gasoline, West Coast except California +26.9% now $5.065
  • United States
  • Regular gasoline by region
  • Diesel by region

Each bar is the change in one line over a year, the largest first, with its rank at the left and its newest value under the figure. A line with its own page links it from its name. A change below zero runs to the left of the zero line. The colour says which section of the page a line is in.

Observed .

Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump, change over a year in each month

Percent, ours, from the published values

Line
All grades gasoline−2.2+0.1−3.7−8.1−6.4+17.0+28.4+40.6+27.7+25.1+28.7+36.4
Regular gasoline−2.5−0.1−4.1−8.7−6.8+17.5+29.4+42.2+28.6+25.8+29.5+37.6
Midgrade gasoline−0.9+1.0−2.4−6.4−4.8+16.0+25.7+35.6+25.1+22.5+25.9+32.5
Premium gasoline−0.8+1.1−1.8−5.6−4.4+14.5+23.7+32.9+23.5+21.4+24.4+30.6
On-highway diesel+2.6+8.5+3.5−3.1+1.3+37.3+54.2+60.0+39.6+31.1+45.9+67.8
Regular gasoline, East Coast (PADD 1)−3.3−2.0−4.1−8.7−6.5+17.5+31.0+44.1+30.3+28.1+30.3+39.0
Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2)−5.3−0.4−7.2−10.5−9.5+14.1+26.5+45.7+27.8+23.6+28.6+38.3
Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)−3.2−1.5−4.9−10.3−8.4+21.9+35.2+44.6+29.0+28.7+32.9+41.2
Regular gasoline, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)−6.7−2.1−9.0−15.1−11.7+15.5+25.6+43.0+28.7+24.0+34.3+39.6
Regular gasoline, West Coast (PADD 5)+3.9+5.4+1.7−4.1−2.5+19.0+26.5+32.2+25.6+22.5+26.6+31.1
Regular gasoline, West Coast except California+7.8+5.7+1.8−4.4−2.8+20.4+29.9+36.1+25.9+19.5+24.7+26.9
Diesel, East Coast (PADD 1)+3.6+6.9+3.8−2.60.0+34.9+53.3+53.0+37.6+32.6+42.6+61.9
Diesel, Midwest (PADD 2)+1.4+10.1+3.2−3.5+2.5+36.5+49.7+66.7+39.6+28.2+45.0+70.3
Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)+1.8+8.3+3.2−3.9+0.5+41.9+60.3+62.0+42.0+37.1+55.5+76.1
Diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)+0.4+7.1+1.6−5.3+1.7+36.3+51.9+58.9+39.9+28.3+43.7+64.5
Diesel, West Coast (PADD 5)+5.4+8.5+4.2−1.2+1.9+35.8+57.5+54.6+39.2+27.0+39.4+60.7
Diesel, West Coast except California+6.2+10.6+4.5−0.8+3.0+40.2+60.0+57.4+39.7+25.6+38.3+59.1

Each chip is one month's change from the same month a year earlier. The mark in its middle is zero: a fill to the right of it is a rise and a fill to the left a fall. A longer, brighter fill is a larger change, in five steps up to 51.9 and over. Every chip prints its figure and sign.

Observed .

Understanding gasoline and diesel prices

Where it stands today

The largest change over a year was Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), up 76.1%, in September 2026.

What do the lines of this page measure?

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy collects the price of gasoline and of on-highway diesel at the pump from samples of gas stations and truck stops every Monday and publishes it that week. Each price is the cash price of a gallon with all taxes, in dollars, for self-service where a station offers it.

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This page shows the United States by fuel (all grades, regular, midgrade and premium gasoline, and diesel) and, for regular gasoline and for diesel, the five regions EIA calls Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD): East Coast (PADD 1), Midwest (PADD 2), Gulf Coast (PADD 3), Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) and West Coast (PADD 5), and the West Coast without California.

What 500metrics adds: the average of the weekly prices of each month; the change over a year of every line, ranked across the page; the last ten years of every line as rows of small charts; and a table of the change over a year in each of the last twelve months. Lines with a link have a page of their own with the history since the series begins.

The numbers behind the chart

What is the latest value of each line?17 lines, in the sections of the page
Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump: the newest month of each line, its change over a year (ours) and its rank by that change; equal changes share a rank
LineSectionMonthValueChange over a yearRank
All grades gasolineUnited States$4.491+36.4%13
Regular gasolineUnited States$4.355+37.6%12
Midgrade gasolineUnited States$4.959+32.5%14
Premium gasolineUnited States$5.357+30.6%16
On-highway dieselUnited States$6.291+67.8%3
Regular gasoline, East Coast (PADD 1)Regular gasoline by region$4.199+39.0%10
Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2)Regular gasoline by region$4.166+38.3%11
Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)Regular gasoline by region$3.858+41.2%8
Regular gasoline, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)Regular gasoline by region$4.437+39.6%9
Regular gasoline, West Coast (PADD 5)Regular gasoline by region$5.538+31.1%15
Regular gasoline, West Coast except CaliforniaRegular gasoline by region$5.065+26.9%17
Diesel, East Coast (PADD 1)Diesel by region$6.077+61.9%5
Diesel, Midwest (PADD 2)Diesel by region$6.351+70.3%2
Diesel, Gulf Coast (PADD 3)Diesel by region$5.978+76.1%1
Diesel, Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)Diesel by region$6.155+64.5%4
Diesel, West Coast (PADD 5)Diesel by region$7.263+60.7%6
Diesel, West Coast except CaliforniaDiesel by region$6.579+59.1%7

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • EIA publishes prices for some states and cities too. This page shows the United States and the regions only.
  • EIA asks stations for their price on Monday of each week. Each line is the simple average of the weekly prices of a calendar month, as EIA works out its own monthly averages. A month counts once it has ended, and only when every Monday of it has a price, so the newest month is the last full month and a month with a week missing shows as a gap in the chart.
  • It is a price at the pump, not the price of crude oil or of gasoline on any market. EIA changed the way it estimates the weekly gasoline price in May 2018 and the weekly diesel price in June 2022, and the price for the week of each change is not directly comparable with the week before.
  • The averages, the changes and the ranks are ours, worked out from the weekly prices EIA publishes; a change is in percent.

Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices, Retail gasoline and on-highway diesel, monthly averages of weekly prices, United States and regions, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What do gasoline and diesel cost at the pump in the US?", https://500metrics.com/gasoline-and-diesel-prices.

Can the data be downloaded?gasoline-and-diesel-prices.csv

Download the last ten years of every line as CSV: 2,057 rows, to , 145,832 bytes.

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