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Gasoline Release Date: August 18, 2026 Next Release Date: August 25, 2026
Diesel Fuel Release Date: August 18, 2026 Next Release Date: August 25, 2026
U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*(dollars per gallon) full history XLS
Change from
08/03/26 08/10/26 08/17/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
U.S. 4.079 4.006 4.049 0.667 0.924 0.043
East Coast
(PADD1)		 3.944 3.884 3.863 0.564 0.866 -0.021
New England
(PADD1A)		 4.070 3.975 3.946 0.582 0.907 -0.029
Central Atlantic
(PADD1B)		 4.139 4.060 4.038 0.590 0.935 -0.022
Lower Atlantic
(PADD1C)		 3.788 3.749 3.730 0.539 0.811 -0.019
Midwest
(PADD2)		 3.929 3.816 3.938 0.616 0.944 0.122
Gulf Coast
(PADD3)		 3.604 3.543 3.622 0.626 0.877 0.079
Rocky Mountain
(PADD4)		 4.139 4.121 4.285 0.814 1.121 0.164
West Coast
(PADD5)		 5.130 5.075 5.086 1.028 1.042 0.011
West Coast
less California		 4.685 4.643 4.706 0.932 0.910 0.063
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States
Change from
08/03/26 08/10/26 08/17/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
California 5.495 5.428 5.397 1.079 1.126 -0.031
Colorado 4.051 4.046 4.255 0.873 1.244 0.209
Florida 3.771 3.792 3.768 0.533 0.758 -0.024
Massachusetts 4.058 3.964 3.950 0.575 0.920 -0.014
Minnesota 3.937 3.838 3.948 0.657 1.042 0.110
New York 4.103 4.044 4.042 0.626 0.975 -0.002
Ohio 4.085 3.899 4.180 0.813 1.099 0.281
Texas 3.532 3.513 3.619 0.638 0.862 0.106
Washington 5.045 5.056 5.121 1.080 0.808 0.065
Cities
Boston 4.075 3.974 3.972 0.577 0.894 -0.002
Chicago 4.275 4.166 4.289 0.374 0.795 0.123
Cleveland 4.197 4.048 4.255 0.887 1.211 0.207
Denver 4.082 4.041 4.274 0.911 1.257 0.233
Houston 3.539 3.461 3.524 0.561 0.837 0.063
Los Angeles 5.474 5.424 5.402 1.187 1.188 -0.022
Miami 3.810 3.865 3.854 0.591 0.850 -0.011
New York City 4.054 3.967 3.950 0.631 0.943 -0.017
San Francisco 5.569 5.474 5.429 0.921 1.065 -0.045
Seattle 5.259 5.256 5.312 1.023 0.863 0.056
U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*(dollars per gallon)full history XLS
Change from
08/03/26 08/10/26 08/17/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
U.S. 5.348 5.257 5.454 1.766 1.741 0.197
East Coast
(PADD1)		 5.299 5.193 5.340 1.583 1.607 0.147
New England
(PADD1A)		 5.549 5.514 5.545 1.526 1.576 0.031
Central Atlantic
(PADD1B)		 5.587 5.535 5.652 1.717 1.744 0.117
Lower Atlantic
(PADD1C)		 5.168 5.034 5.204 1.540 1.561 0.170
Midwest
(PADD2)		 5.262 5.181 5.435 1.761 1.733 0.254
Gulf Coast
(PADD3)		 5.141 5.044 5.237 1.882 1.897 0.193
Rocky Mountain
(PADD4)		 5.285 5.271 5.427 1.777 1.670 0.156
West Coast
(PADD5)		 6.130 6.033 6.203 1.909 1.748 0.170
West Coast
less California		 5.623 5.526 5.699 1.794 1.605 0.173
California 6.716 6.618 6.785 2.046 1.914 0.167
*prices include all taxes
What we pay for in a gallon of: Regular Gasoline May 2026 Retail price: $4.48/gallon Diesel May 2026 Retail price: $5.60/gallon Taxes Distribution & Marketing Refining Crude Oil 12% 15% 22% 52% 11% 23% 25% 42% Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
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