March 25, 2024 5:12 PM, EDT

Diesel Price Nudges Up to $4.034 a Gallon

Second Straight Increase Comes After Three Consecutive Declines

The national average diesel price is 9.4 cents less per gallon than it was a year ago despite an increase of six-tenths of a cent the week of March 25. (Johnny HS/Getty Images)

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The national average diesel price edged up six-tenths of a cent to $4.034 a gallon in its second consecutive modest increase, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released March 25.

Highlights

Diesel’s average price has gained 3 cents in the past two weeks after shedding 10.5 cents per gallon over the three previous weeks dating to Feb. 26.
On average, a gallon of diesel costs 9.4 cents less than it did at this time in 2023.
Diesel’s price went up in six of the 10 regions in EIA’s weekly survey and down in four. The biggest gain was 3.1 cents in the Midwest; the biggest drop was 2.8 cents in the Gulf Coast region.
The average price for a gallon of gasoline climbed 7 cents — representing a gain of 14.7 cents over the past two weeks — to $3.523. That's 10.2 cents more than at this time last year.