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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Price Update


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Gasoline Release Date: December 18, 2017   |   Next Release Date: December 26, 2017
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: December 18, 2017   |   Next Release Date: December 26, 2017

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/04/17 12/11/17 12/18/17   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.500 2.485 2.450   values are down -0.035 values are up 0.186
East Coast (PADD1) 2.491 2.465 2.438   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.148
  New England (PADD1A) 2.575 2.546 2.525   values are down -0.021 values are up 0.244
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.616 2.589 2.571   values are down -0.018 values are up 0.193
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.373 2.348 2.313   values are down -0.035 values are up 0.087
Midwest (PADD2) 2.357 2.371 2.324   values are down -0.047 values are up 0.132
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.250 2.216 2.164   values are down -0.052 values are up 0.111
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.534 2.514 2.476   values are down -0.038 values are up 0.341
West Coast (PADD5) 3.006 2.974 2.961   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.398
  West Coast less California 2.739 2.724 2.710   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.333
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States
            Change from
    12/04/17 12/11/17 12/18/17   week ago year ago
California   3.160 3.120 3.106   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.436
Colorado   2.492 2.463 2.437   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.349
Florida   2.394 2.358 2.318   values are down -0.040 values are up 0.013
Massachusetts   2.563 2.537 2.518   values are down -0.019 values are up 0.286
Minnesota   2.436 2.397 2.385   values are down -0.012 values are up 0.267
New York   2.598 2.567 2.544   values are down -0.023 values are up 0.159
Ohio   2.249 2.334 2.200   values are down -0.134 values are down -0.120
Texas   2.239 2.201 2.144   values are down -0.057 values are up 0.095
Washington   2.950 2.929 2.923   values are down -0.006 values are up 0.396
Cities
Boston   2.561 2.535 2.517   values are down -0.018 values are up 0.291
Chicago   2.483 2.529 2.566   values are up 0.037 values are up 0.180
Cleveland   2.371 2.338 2.268   values are down -0.070 values are up 0.009
Denver   2.466 2.432 2.410   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.350
Houston   2.155 2.125 2.098   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.125
Los Angeles   3.169 3.120 3.094   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.368
Miami   2.673 2.665 2.637   values are down -0.028 values are up 0.167
New York City   2.593 2.556 2.529   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.165
San Francisco   3.232 3.207 3.186   values are down -0.021 values are up 0.471
Seattle   2.994 2.973 2.976   values are up 0.003 values are up 0.399

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/04/17 12/11/17 12/18/17   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.922 2.910 2.901   values are down -0.009 values are up 0.374
East Coast (PADD1) 2.904 2.901 2.897   values are down -0.004 values are up 0.338
  New England (PADD1A) 2.897 2.900 2.924   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.337
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.062 3.060 3.060   no change 0.000 values are up 0.393
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.794 2.788 2.778   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.308
Midwest (PADD2) 2.877 2.863 2.853   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.374
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.713 2.705 2.697   values are down -0.008 values are up 0.287
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.019 2.991 2.958   values are down -0.033 values are up 0.463
West Coast (PADD5) 3.373 3.344 3.327   values are down -0.017 values are up 0.539
  West Coast less California 3.106 3.072 3.044   values are down -0.028 values are up 0.339
  California 3.585 3.560 3.552   values are down -0.008 values are up 0.698
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (October 2017) Retail Price: $2.51/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (October 2017) Retail Price: $2.79/gallon