The current 3.9-cent rise in the national average diesel price trails only an 8-cent increase Jan. 23 for this year. (Johnny H5/Getty Images)

Diesel prices climbed 3.9 cents to a national average of $3.806 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released July 10.

Highlights

  • The diesel price increase was just the sixth of the year. Of the other five, three occurred in January, one on April 17 and one on June 19.
  • The current increase was the second-largest of 2023, trailing only an 8-cent surge Jan. 23.
  • Diesel prices on average are down $1.762 a gallon from this time last year.
  • Of the 10 regions in EIA’s weekly survey, the average diesel price went up in eight and down in two. The highest increase was 6.8 cents per gallon in the Lower Atlantic; the biggest decline was 1.6 cents in New England.

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices

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EIA regional fuel chart

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