EIA Weekly On-Highway Diesel Survey - week of August 31, 2026
Diesel cost per gallon in Ohio
Read this as a district figure, not a state figure. The EIA weekly on-highway diesel survey prices the United States, its districts and California, and nothing else. It does not price Ohio. The number above is Midwest (PADD 2), series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG, and it is the closest published federal figure for Ohio. We do not estimate a price for Ohio from it. 3 of Ohio's neighbouring states sit in the same district and therefore show the same price below.
EIA does not publish a weekly on-highway diesel price for Ohio. The federal survey prices the district Ohio sits in, Midwest (PADD 2), at $5.571 per gallon in the week of August 31, 2026 (series EMD_EPD2D_PTE_R20_DPG), $0.03 below the US average of $5.599. Pump prices inside the district vary around that figure.
Diesel tax breakdown
Tax rates: Federation of Tax Administrators state motor fuel table and state revenue departments. Not EIA data. The percentage is against the EIA figure shown above, which is a district figure unless Ohio is surveyed directly.
Neighbouring states
Neighbours in the same EIA district carry the same published figure. A matching price here means the federal survey shows no measured gap across that border, not that pumps are identical.
What shapes the diesel price in Ohio
Ohio sits at the crossroads of I-70, I-71, I-75, I-76 and I-90, more major interstate intersections than any state except Texas, which makes it a heavy fuel stop for Midwest through-traffic. Its state diesel tax is high, partly reflecting road maintenance demand from winter truck traffic. Columbus and Cleveland are distribution hubs, and proximity to Midwest refining at Wood River and Lima keeps pre-tax prices competitive. EIA reads Ohio through the Midwest district for diesel.
The trip calculator starts at $5.57/gal, the EIA figure above. Change it to the price you actually see at the pump for a real answer.