Retail price of no 2 diesel in California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail diesel prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In California, the retail price of no 2 diesel was 8.04 USD/gal on 14 September 2026, compared to 7.76 on 7 September. This constitutes a gain of 3.61 percent.
Sample. The weekly time series shown in the chart has 1,629 records in total. The series covers the time period going from July 1995 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the retail price hit a trough of 1.10 USD/gal on 22 February 1999; it recorded its maximum of 8.04 on 14 September 2026; it averaged 3.17.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 7.21800 |
| 2026-09-07 | 7.76400 |
| 2026-09-14 | 8.03900 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of no 2 diesel in California |
| 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 |