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Gasoline Release Date: March 17, 2026 Next Release Date: March 24, 2026
Diesel Fuel Release Date: March 17, 2026 Next Release Date: March 24, 2026
U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*(dollars per gallon) full history XLS
Change from
03/02/26 03/09/26 03/16/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
U.S. 3.015 3.502 3.720 0.267 0.662 0.218
East Coast
(PADD1)		 2.882 3.363 3.577 0.228 0.628 0.214
New England
(PADD1A)		 2.878 3.352 3.538 0.288 0.614 0.186
Central Atlantic
(PADD1B)		 2.967 3.419 3.612 0.218 0.558 0.193
Lower Atlantic
(PADD1C)		 2.830 3.330 3.566 0.224 0.677 0.236
Midwest
(PADD2)		 2.794 3.276 3.393 0.084 0.499 0.117
Gulf Coast
(PADD3)		 2.644 3.109 3.412 0.313 0.783 0.303
Rocky Mountain
(PADD4)		 2.758 3.258 3.637 0.471 0.639 0.379
West Coast
(PADD5)		 4.160 4.690 4.987 0.607 0.926 0.297
West Coast
less California		 3.791 4.215 4.521 0.527 0.866 0.306
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States
Change from
03/02/26 03/09/26 03/16/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
California 4.475 5.093 5.383 0.649 0.951 0.290
Colorado 2.812 3.442 3.800 0.789 0.955 0.358
Florida 2.843 3.469 3.670 0.269 0.637 0.201
Massachusetts 2.897 3.315 3.493 0.275 0.599 0.178
Minnesota 2.954 3.262 3.413 0.231 0.457 0.151
New York 2.905 3.350 3.526 0.247 0.526 0.176
Ohio 2.769 3.463 3.406 0.194 0.520 -0.057
Texas 2.641 3.133 3.403 0.338 0.808 0.270
Washington 4.202 4.522 4.788 0.619 0.868 0.266
Cities
Boston 2.943 3.367 3.511 0.298 0.605 0.144
Chicago 3.028 3.555 3.613 -0.144 0.318 0.058
Cleveland 2.859 3.412 3.443 0.226 0.554 0.031
Denver 2.842 3.433 3.848 0.864 1.005 0.415
Houston 2.610 3.044 3.344 0.326 0.736 0.300
Los Angeles 4.460 5.081 5.411 0.672 1.043 0.330
Miami 2.882 3.495 3.720 0.270 0.682 0.225
New York City 2.865 3.321 3.564 0.323 0.684 0.243
San Francisco 4.590 5.235 5.483 0.720 0.942 0.248
Seattle 4.427 4.688 4.894 0.554 0.724 0.206
U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*(dollars per gallon)full history XLS
Change from
03/02/26 03/09/26 03/16/26 2 year ago year ago week ago
U.S. 3.897 4.859 5.071 1.043 1.522 0.212
East Coast
(PADD1)		 3.924 4.901 5.105 0.978 1.426 0.204
New England
(PADD1A)		 4.314 4.970 5.236 0.936 1.249 0.266
Central Atlantic
(PADD1B)		 4.122 4.940 5.196 0.895 1.327 0.256
Lower Atlantic
(PADD1C)		 3.808 4.880 5.057 1.011 1.480 0.177
Midwest
(PADD2)		 3.888 4.801 4.970 1.015 1.507 0.169
Gulf Coast
(PADD3)		 3.598 4.627 4.835 1.090 1.590 0.208
Rocky Mountain
(PADD4)		 3.737 4.397 4.796 0.828 1.420 0.399
West Coast
(PADD5)		 4.534 5.556 5.856 1.217 1.653 0.300
West Coast
less California		 4.138 5.088 5.360 1.212 1.645 0.272
California 4.990 6.096 6.428 1.225 1.662 0.332
*prices include all taxes
What we pay for in a gallon of: Regular Gasoline January 2026 Retail price: $2.81/gallon Diesel January 2026 Retail price: $3.52/gallon Taxes Distribution & Marketing Refining Crude Oil 18% 11% 20% 51% 17% 24% 18% 41% Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
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