US Pump Prices

What Americans pay at the pump: the national average for regular gasoline and diesel in mid-2026, and how diesel’s Hormuz-driven spike compares with the EIA’s forecast.

Curated snapshotLast updated: Jul 17, 20265 data points
What you're paying at the pump

US national average, $/gallon. Gasoline and diesel in mid-2026.

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Diesel and the Hormuz premium

$/gallon. The mid-May actual vs the EIA's Q2 and full-year 2026 forecasts.

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Data table

US Pump Prices — full data table
label series usd_gal source_ref value_basis
Regular gasoline (Jun 18 2026) pump_fuel 3.99 aaa AAA: national average regular gasoline $3.99/gal on Jun 18 2026 (down ~4 weeks from the spring peak)
Diesel (mid-May 2026) pump_fuel 5.62 eia-gasdiesel EIA: US on-highway diesel ~$5.618/gal in mid-May 2026
Mid-May 2026 (actual) diesel_outlook 5.62 eia-gasdiesel EIA: diesel ~$5.618/gal mid-May 2026
Q2 2026 (EIA forecast) diesel_outlook 5.36 eia-steo-jun2026 EIA STEO: on-highway diesel forecast to average $5.36/gal in Q2 2026 (Hormuz premium)
2026 full year (EIA forecast) diesel_outlook 4.76 eia-steo-jun2026 EIA STEO: on-highway diesel forecast to average $4.76/gal for 2026

Methodology & sources

Last updated: Jul 17, 2026

Methodology

Source-backed values are seeded for both charts: current national-average gas vs diesel, and diesel actual vs EIA forecast. Every numeric point carries a sources[].ref and a value_basis. Gasoline is the AAA national average; diesel is the EIA on-highway price and STEO forecasts. CAVEAT: the gasoline point (Jun 18 2026) and the diesel point (mid-May 2026) carry different dates — each is labeled — because they are the latest cited value for each fuel. The Q2 and full-year diesel figures are EIA forecasts. Re-verified 2026-06-22.

Sources

Comparisons are informative, not definitive. See each source for definitions and limits.

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