Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (0-15 ppm) (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, the retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (0-15 ppm) was 6.29 USD/gal on 14 September 2026, compared to 5.97 on 7 September 2026. This constitutes an increase of 5.36 percent.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,877 data points in total. The period covered by the series is from August 1990 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: the retail price recorded a maximum of 6.29 USD/gal on 14 September 2026; it reached a trough of 0.95 on 22 February 1999; it had a mean of 2.52.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 5.59900 |
| 2026-09-07 | 5.96700 |
| 2026-09-14 | 6.28500 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (0-15 ppm) |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | USD/gal |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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No 2 diesel
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail price of no 2 diesel (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1629 | 1995-07-03 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in East Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Gulf Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Midwest district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in Rocky Mountain district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in West Coast district (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1696 | 1994-03-21 | 2026-09-14 |
| Retail price of no 2 diesel in West Coast district except California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1216 | 2003-05-26 | 2026-09-14 |
Low-sulfur no 2 diesel (0-15)
Low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500)
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail price of low-sulfur no 2 diesel (15-500 ppm) (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1374 | 2000-05-22 | 2026-09-14 |