US Gasoline & Diesel Prices

The Energy Information Administration surveys roughly 900 retail gasoline outlets and 590 diesel outlets across the US every Monday morning, then publishes the national and regional averages in the afternoon. The numbers include all taxes.

Gasoline and diesel tend to move together because both come from the same barrel of crude, but diesel trades at a premium most of the time — driven by heavier transport demand, stricter sulfur rules, and a smaller refining cut. The gap widens when distillate inventories tighten or freight demand spikes.

Weekly retail prices are a lagging signal: they reflect wholesale prices from the prior one-to-three weeks, which themselves reflect crude and product movements from weeks earlier. For the price consumers actually pay, nothing beats the Monday EIA release.