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Diesel price in August 2026

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, August 2026
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $5.462/gal over 5 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in August 2026 was $5.462 per gallon, calculated from 5 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $5.257; the weekly high was $5.652.
That monthly average was $0.507 higher than July 2026.
It was $1.718 higher than August 2025.

This page is a simple calendar-month view of the official EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel series: it averages the survey weeks listed below. It is not a separate government monthly series, and no missing weeks are estimated.

August 2026 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, August 2026. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in August 2026

Week of	$/gal	Change
August 3, 2026	$5.348	▲+$0.035
August 10, 2026	$5.257	▼−$0.091
August 17, 2026	$5.454	▲+$0.197
August 24, 2026	$5.652	▲+$0.198
August 31, 2026	$5.599	▼−$0.053

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The source series is the EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel price, published by survey Monday. See the methodology and download the underlying weekly CSV.