Diesel Prices in America, Right Now
week of June 15, 2026
Diesel is $5.06 — about 100.7¢ (25%) more than regular gas, which averages $4.05.
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 $ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | $3.57 | $3.58 |
| 2025-06-23 | $3.77 | $3.78 |
| 2025-06-30 | $3.73 | $3.73 |
| 2025-07-07 | $3.74 | $3.74 |
| 2025-07-14 | $3.76 | $3.76 |
| 2025-07-21 | $3.81 | $3.81 |
| 2025-07-28 | $3.81 | $3.80 |
| 2025-08-04 | $3.80 | $3.78 |
| 2025-08-11 | $3.75 | $3.74 |
| 2025-08-18 | $3.71 | $3.70 |
| 2025-08-25 | $3.71 | $3.69 |
| 2025-09-01 | $3.73 | $3.71 |
| 2025-09-08 | $3.77 | $3.74 |
| 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 | $5.16 |
| 2026-06-08 | $5.21 | $5.02 |
| 2026-06-15 | $5.06 | $4.88 |
Where today sits
Diesel’s record came during the 2022 spike, when historically low distillate inventories and strong demand drove it to $5.81 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 June 15, 2026, the U.S. average price of on-highway diesel was $5.06 per gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
- How much more does diesel cost than regular gas?
- Diesel averaged $5.06 versus $4.05 for regular gasoline — about 100.7¢ more, or roughly 25%.
- 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 $5.81 the week of June 20, 2022. Today's $5.06 is about 13% 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).