Diesel Price Barely Budges, Dips 0.1¢ to $3.372

Diesel's modest price drop comes after two consecutive increases that totaled 4.9 cents. (Getty Images)

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The national average price for a gallon of diesel barely moved, dipping one-tenth of a cent to $3.372 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Sept. 13.

Highlights

• Diesel’s price went down after two consecutive weekly gains that totaled 4.9 cents.
• Trucking’s main fuel costs 95 cents more a gallon than it did at this time in 2020.
• The price of a gallon of diesel dropped in six of the 10 regions in EIA’s weekly survey. The biggest decline was nine-tenths of a cent in the Rocky Mountain region; the biggest increase was six-tenths of a cent in the Lower Atlantic.
• Gasoline dropped by 1.1 cents, from $3.176 a gallon to $3.165.

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices

EIA.gov

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