Diesel Prices in America, Right Now
week of September 14, 2026
Diesel is $6.29 — about $1.97 (46%) more than regular gas, which averages $4.32.
Diesel wasn’t always pricier — it was the cheaper fuel until the mid-2000s. Why diesel costs more →
From this week back to 2000
The U.S. average diesel price, right up to the latest weekly EIA value. Short ranges show the weekly series; longer ranges step out to monthly. Toggle between the price at the pump and constant 2025 dollars.
View the data (53 points · weekly)
| Date | Nominal | 2025 $ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | $3.74 | $3.71 |
| 2025-09-22 | $3.75 | $3.72 |
| 2025-09-29 | $3.75 | $3.73 |
| 2025-10-06 | $3.71 | $3.58 |
| 2025-10-13 | $3.67 | $3.53 |
| 2025-10-20 | $3.62 | $3.49 |
| 2025-10-27 | $3.72 | $3.58 |
| 2025-11-03 | $3.75 | $3.72 |
| 2025-11-10 | $3.84 | $3.80 |
| 2025-11-17 | $3.87 | $3.83 |
| 2025-11-24 | $3.83 | $3.79 |
| 2025-12-01 | $3.76 | $3.71 |
| 2025-12-08 | $3.67 | $3.62 |
| 2025-12-15 | $3.61 | $3.56 |
| 2025-12-22 | $3.54 | $3.50 |
| 2025-12-29 | $3.50 | $3.46 |
| 2026-01-05 | $3.48 | $3.43 |
| 2026-01-12 | $3.46 | $3.41 |
| 2026-01-19 | $3.53 | $3.48 |
| 2026-01-26 | $3.62 | $3.57 |
| 2026-02-02 | $3.68 | $3.62 |
| 2026-02-09 | $3.69 | $3.63 |
| 2026-02-16 | $3.71 | $3.65 |
| 2026-02-23 | $3.81 | $3.75 |
| 2026-03-02 | $3.90 | $3.80 |
| 2026-03-09 | $4.86 | $4.74 |
| 2026-03-16 | $5.07 | $4.94 |
| 2026-03-23 | $5.38 | $5.24 |
| 2026-03-30 | $5.40 | $5.26 |
| 2026-04-06 | $5.64 | $5.47 |
| 2026-04-13 | $5.61 | $5.43 |
| 2026-04-20 | $5.40 | $5.23 |
| 2026-04-27 | $5.35 | $5.18 |
| 2026-05-04 | $5.64 | $5.44 |
| 2026-05-11 | $5.64 | $5.44 |
| 2026-05-18 | $5.60 | $5.39 |
| 2026-05-25 | $5.52 | $5.32 |
| 2026-06-01 | $5.35 | $5.18 |
| 2026-06-08 | $5.21 | $5.04 |
| 2026-06-15 | $5.06 | $4.90 |
| 2026-06-22 | $4.83 | $4.68 |
| 2026-06-29 | $4.67 | $4.52 |
| 2026-07-06 | $4.58 | $4.43 |
| 2026-07-13 | $4.80 | $4.64 |
| 2026-07-20 | $5.13 | $4.97 |
| 2026-07-27 | $5.31 | $5.14 |
| 2026-08-03 | $5.35 | $5.15 |
| 2026-08-10 | $5.26 | $5.07 |
| 2026-08-17 | $5.45 | $5.25 |
| 2026-08-24 | $5.65 | $5.45 |
| 2026-08-31 | $5.60 | $5.39 |
| 2026-09-07 | $5.97 | $5.75 |
| 2026-09-14 | $6.29 | $6.06 |
Where today sits
Diesel’s record came during the 2026 spike, when historically low distillate inventories and strong demand drove it to $6.29 a gallon. And the premium is relatively new: diesel’s annual average sat below regular gasoline as recently as 2001–2004 before flipping to a persistent premium in 2005.
What diesel data this covers
This is a national and regional diesel hub — not a 50-state one. The EIA publishes weekly retail diesel for the U.S. average and its regional districts (PADD regions), but not weekly state-level diesel for most states. We hold weekly diesel for the U.S. average, the nine EIA PADD regions, and California — so we show those rather than inventing per-state diesel prices we don’t have. For state-level gasoline, see the state gas hub.
Diesel prices, answered
- What is the average price of diesel right now?
- As of the week of September 14, 2026, the U.S. average price of on-highway diesel was $6.29 per gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
- How much more does diesel cost than regular gas?
- Diesel averaged $6.29 versus $4.32 for regular gasoline — about $1.97 more, or roughly 46%.
- What is the highest U.S. diesel price on record?
- In our EIA weekly series (from 2000), the U.S. average diesel price peaked at $6.29 the week of September 14, 2026. Today's $6.29 is about 0% below that.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly retail price of No. 2 diesel (U.S. average) and regular (all-formulations) gasoline, held in our own database. Our weekly diesel series begins in 2000. Figures are nominal unless the chart’s inflation toggle is on (constant 2025 dollars, CPI-U).