Diesel Price Sheds 4.9¢ to $3.487 a Gallon

Price Swing Follows 6¢ Gain From a Week Earlier
Fuel tanker at filling station
A tanker truck delivers fuel to an Oregon filling station. The price of diesel on the West Coast dropped 4.8 cents a gallon. (Transport Topics photo)

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The national average diesel price changed course from a week earlier, dropping 4.9 cents to settle at $3.487 a gallon, according to data released May 28.

Trucking’s main fuel increased 6 cents the week of May 19, interrupting a run of five straight price drops that had totaled 16.3 cents.

The price for a gallon of diesel is now 27.1 cents less on average than it was at this time in 2024.



PADD

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EIA PADD chart

(PADD — Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Regional Trends

Diesel’s average price dropped in all five PADDs, with the Rocky Mountain and Gulf Coast regions shedding 6.7 and 6.5 cents, respectively. The Central Atlantic subregion of the East Coast showed a rise of 1.3 cents.

US On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices

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EIA regional fuel chart

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Gasoline Update

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline dipped 1.3 cents to $3.160. That’s 41.7 cents less than it was in the year-earlier period.

What We Pay ...

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What We Pay

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