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US Fuel Prices

National, regional, and state-level weekly averages — directly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

⛽ Data as of week ending 2026-08-17 · Updated weekly

Regular Unleaded
$4.049
▲ $0.043 vs last week
Premium Unleaded
$5.020
▲ $0.020 vs last week
Diesel
$5.454
▲ $0.197 vs last week
8-Week Price Trend — National Average
$3.75$4.10$4.45$4.80$5.15$5.50-7w-6w-5w-4w-3w-2w-1wNowRegularPremiumDiesel
Regional Breakdown
Region Regular vs US avg Premium Diesel Wk change
East Coast $3.863 $0.186 $4.754 $5.340 ▼$0.021
↳ New England $3.946 $0.103 $4.942 $5.545 ▼$0.029
↳ Central Atlantic $4.038 $0.011 $4.888 $5.652 ▼$0.022
↳ Lower Atlantic $3.730 $0.319 $4.603 $5.204 ▼$0.019
Midwest $3.938 $0.111 $5.005 $5.435 ▲$0.122
Gulf Coast $3.622 $0.427 $4.496 $5.237 ▲$0.079
Rocky Mountain $4.285 +$0.236 $4.951 $5.427 ▲$0.164
West Coast $5.086 +$1.037 $5.676 $6.203 ▲$0.011
↳ West Coast (excl. CA) $4.706 +$0.657 $5.318 $5.699 ▲$0.063
Regular Unleaded by State — 9 states tracked by EIA
# State Price / gal vs US avg Wk change
1 California $5.397 +$1.348 ▼$0.031
2 Washington $5.121 +$1.072 ▲$0.065
3 Colorado $4.255 +$0.206 ▲$0.209
4 Ohio $4.180 +$0.131 ▲$0.281
5 New York $4.042 $0.007 ▼$0.002
6 Massachusetts $3.950 $0.099 ▼$0.014
7 Minnesota $3.948 $0.101 ▲$0.110
8 Florida $3.768 $0.281 ▼$0.024
9 Texas $3.619 $0.430 ▲$0.106

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration — Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices survey. Data represents weekly averages for the week ending 2026-08-17. EIA tracks 9 states in their weekly retail survey. Premium and diesel state-level data not available from EIA weekly survey.