EIA diesel fuel prices this week
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update, series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG. Retail price including taxes.
The EIA diesel price is the federal government's weekly survey of retail on-highway diesel. Fuel surcharge clauses in freight contracts can name it as their weekly index, and it is the source of every price on this site. Below: each area EIA publishes, the last 12 weeks for the US, and when the next figure lands.
Every EIA diesel area, week of October 26, 2026
| Area | $/gal | Week | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. average | 6.352 | +0.076 | +2.634 |
| East Coast (PADD 1) | 6.079 | +0.095 | +2.356 |
| New England (PADD 1A) | 6.421 | -0.049 | +2.488 |
| Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) | 6.496 | -0.012 | +2.615 |
| Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) | 5.890 | +0.150 | +2.248 |
| Midwest (PADD 2) | 6.480 | +0.128 | +2.765 |
| Gulf Coast (PADD 3) | 5.951 | +0.048 | +2.601 |
| Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) | 6.521 | +0.099 | +2.835 |
| West Coast (PADD 5) | 7.329 | -0.065 | +2.844 |
| West Coast less California | 6.614 | -0.045 | +2.519 |
| California | 8.155 | -0.087 | +3.221 |
Change in dollars a gallon against the week of October 19, 2026 and the same week a year earlier. The East Coast (PADD 1) and its three sub-districts overlap, as do West Coast (PADD 5) and West Coast less California: EIA publishes the parent and the narrower area. For which states each district stands in for, see diesel prices by state.
US EIA diesel price, last 12 weeks
| Survey week | $/gal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 26, 2026 | 6.352 | +0.076 |
| October 19, 2026 | 6.276 | +0.097 |
| October 12, 2026 | 6.179 | -0.020 |
| October 5, 2026 | 6.199 | -0.183 |
| September 28, 2026 | 6.382 | -0.147 |
| September 21, 2026 | 6.529 | +0.244 |
| September 14, 2026 | 6.285 | +0.318 |
| September 7, 2026 | 5.967 | +0.368 |
| August 31, 2026 | 5.599 | -0.053 |
| August 24, 2026 | 5.652 | +0.198 |
| August 17, 2026 | 5.454 | +0.197 |
| August 10, 2026 | 5.257 | -0.091 |
This site keeps 261 weeks of the US series and 27 weeks for each district. Annual averages back to the 1990s and the all-time weekly high are on US diesel price history.
How the EIA diesel survey works
When. Prices are collected Monday morning and published the same Monday afternoon ET (Tuesday when Monday is a federal holiday). This page and the rest of the site update after each release.
What. The price of No. 2 diesel for on-highway use at retail, taxes included, in dollars a gallon. Off-road (dyed) diesel, which is sold without road fuel tax for off-road use, is not in this series; see off-road diesel.
Where. The United States, the five PADD districts, three East Coast sub-districts (New England, Central Atlantic, Lower Atlantic), West Coast less California, and California, the only state with its own weekly diesel series.
Getting it from EIA. The weekly table is at eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel. The US series ID is EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG; programmatic access is through the EIA Open Data API v2, route petroleum/pri/gnd. EIA data is a U.S. Government work in the public domain.
Cite as: EIA Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update, week of October 26, 2026.
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Answers reflect the EIA survey week of October 26, 2026.