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Average diesel price by year

Name: U.S. Average Diesel Price by Year, 1994–2026
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel, 1994 to present

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in 2025 was $3.660 per gallon (weekly low $3.451, high $3.868).
2026 year-to-date average through July 20, 2026: $4.745 over 29 weekly readings.
Series record high: $5.810 in the week of June 20, 2022. Record low: $0.953 (February 22, 1999).
The EIA weekly survey starts March 21, 1994; regional splits PADD 1A/1B/1C begin 1997 and “West Coast less California” begins 2011.

Full weekly history, 1994–2026

U.S. average on-highway diesel, 1994-03-21 to 2026-07-20, weekly. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Average diesel price by year

Year	Average	Weekly low	Weekly high	Weeks
2026 (partial)	$4.745	$3.459	$5.643	29
2025	$3.660	$3.451	$3.868	52
2024	$3.760	$3.458	$4.109	53
2023	$4.214	$3.767	$4.633	52
2022	$4.989	$3.613	$5.810	52
2021	$3.287	$2.640	$3.734	52
2020	$2.551	$2.372	$3.079	52
2019	$3.056	$2.965	$3.171	52
2018	$3.178	$2.972	$3.394	53
2017	$2.650	$2.465	$2.926	52
2016	$2.304	$1.980	$2.540	52
2015	$2.707	$2.237	$3.137	52
2014	$3.825	$3.213	$4.021	52
2013	$3.922	$3.817	$4.159	52
2012	$3.968	$3.648	$4.150	53
2011	$3.840	$3.331	$4.124	52
2010	$2.992	$2.756	$3.294	52
2009	$2.467	$2.017	$2.808	52
2008	$3.803	$2.327	$4.764	52
2007	$2.885	$2.413	$3.444	53
2006	$2.705	$2.442	$3.065	52
2005	$2.402	$1.934	$3.157	52
2004	$1.810	$1.503	$2.212	52
2003	$1.509	$1.420	$1.771	52
2002	$1.319	$1.140	$1.491	52
2001	$1.401	$1.143	$1.539	53
2000	$1.491	$1.307	$1.670	52
1999	$1.121	$0.953	$1.304	52
1998	$1.044	$0.966	$1.147	52
1997	$1.198	$1.145	$1.296	52
1996	$1.235	$1.130	$1.329	53
1995	$1.109	$1.085	$1.141	52
1994 (partial)	$1.114	$1.098	$1.135	41

Annual figures are simple averages of the EIA weekly U.S. readings (partial years marked). Download: annual CSV · full weekly CSV. Regional history lives on each region page.