The national average price of diesel nudged up 1.8 cents to $4.622 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Jan. 30.

Highlights

  • This week marks just the third increase in the past 12 weeks, but all three have come in the new year.
  • Trucking’s main fuel now costs 77.6 cents more than it did at this time in 2022.
  • Of the 10 regions in EIA’s weekly survey, the average price for a gallon of diesel went up in nine, the exception being a 1.2-cent dip in the Central Atlantic. The biggest gain — 3.7 cents — was found in the West Coast less California and the Lower Atlantic.

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices

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EIA regional fuel chart

EIA.gov