What Gas Costs
and Why
An independent guide to the price at the pumpData release · 30 September 2026

The evidence behind the price

Colorado: what changed?

Dated inputs, measured movements and the limits of each comparison.

Why prices changed

Gasoline / petrol

A matching publisher and a 6–10 day comparison are required.

Diesel

A matching publisher and a 6–10 day comparison are required.

Reporting around these observation dates

Source headlines provide context. Their presence does not establish what caused the price movement.

No matching source reports are available for this observation interval.

Oil fell. Did the pump follow?

Gasoline / petrol

Does local crude movement line up more closely with pump changes in the same week or later? This compares weekly changes at delays of 0 to 8 weeks over up to five years, using the latest continuous publisher and currency segment.

Pump price and local-currency crude, indexed to 1002026-09-30 to 2026-09-30. Navy is pump price; teal is crude. A data table follows.02754811082026-09-302026-09-30Pump price (navy) · Crude in local currency (teal) · First paired date = 100
Relative movements, not a breakdown of pump costs. Crude is a proxy, not wholesale fuel.
Chart data and publishers (1 observations)
DatePump, USD/LCrude proxy, local / LPublisher
2026-09-301.0900.606AAA state gas price averages

0 compatible weekly changes; at least 52 are required for lag analysis.

At least 52 compatible weekly changes are needed; each correlation needs 12 pairs and variation in both series. Joins allow one day of reporting-date variation. Missing weeks are not filled. Each later pump change covers one week, not a cumulative response. Correlation does not measure a causal pass-through delay or prove that rises travel faster than falls. No forecast is implied. Benchmark and FX inputs are no more than 10 days old and never from a future date.

Diesel

Does local crude movement line up more closely with pump changes in the same week or later? This compares weekly changes at delays of 0 to 8 weeks over up to five years, using the latest continuous publisher and currency segment.

Pump price and local-currency crude, indexed to 1002026-09-10 to 2026-09-30. Navy is pump price; teal is crude. A data table follows.02957861142026-09-102026-09-30Pump price (navy) · Crude in local currency (teal) · First paired date = 100
Relative movements, not a breakdown of pump costs. Crude is a proxy, not wholesale fuel.
Chart data and publishers (3 observations)
DatePump, USD/LCrude proxy, local / LPublisher
2026-09-101.5140.651AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.5500.644AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.6020.606AAA state gas price averages

0 compatible weekly changes; at least 52 are required for lag analysis.

At least 52 compatible weekly changes are needed; each correlation needs 12 pairs and variation in both series. Joins allow one day of reporting-date variation. Missing weeks are not filled. Each later pump change covers one week, not a cumulative response. Correlation does not measure a causal pass-through delay or prove that rises travel faster than falls. No forecast is implied. Benchmark and FX inputs are no more than 10 days old and never from a future date.

Policy dates alongside prices

Gasoline / petrol
USD per litre, with policy event dates2021-10-11 to 2026-09-30. Dashed lines mark verified policy events; they do not establish causation. A data table follows.0.000.350.691.041.392021-10-112026-09-30US Energy Information Administration · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (260 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2021-10-110.926US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-180.926US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-250.926US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-010.924US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-080.922US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-150.919US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-220.912US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-290.901US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-060.890US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-130.875US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-200.868US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-270.862US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-030.859US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-100.858US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-170.854US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-240.854US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-310.858US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-070.865US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-140.867US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-210.869US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-280.873US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-070.990US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-141.039US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-211.035US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-281.038US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-041.031US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-111.026US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-181.029US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-251.044US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-021.049US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-091.052US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-161.076US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-231.080US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-301.110US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-061.214US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-131.280US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-201.287US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-271.286US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-041.284US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-111.274US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-181.251US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-251.199US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-011.141US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-081.078US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-151.028US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-221.006US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-290.965US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-050.947US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-120.927US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-190.935US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-260.962US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-030.941US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-100.962US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-170.949US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-240.922US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-310.904US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-070.900US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-140.886US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-210.858US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-280.831US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-050.803US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-120.764US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-190.728US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-260.718US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-020.752US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-090.810US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-160.888US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-230.961US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-301.002US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-061.031US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-131.046US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-201.084US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-271.070US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-061.043US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-131.015US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-200.979US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-270.928US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-030.894US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-100.882US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-170.930US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-240.924US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-010.898US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-080.878US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-150.858US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-220.858US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-290.896US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-050.893US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-120.905US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-190.927US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-260.940US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-031.001US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-100.988US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-171.007US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-240.990US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-311.046US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-071.038US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-141.033US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-211.053US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-281.028US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-041.010US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-111.022US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-181.051US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-251.020US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-020.998US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-090.973US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-160.931US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-230.948US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-300.906US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-060.861US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-130.820US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-200.781US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-270.764US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-040.740US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-110.705US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-180.681US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-250.714US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-010.690US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-080.681US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-150.678US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-220.667US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-290.726US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-050.721US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-120.712US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-190.760US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-260.764US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-040.758US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-110.779US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-180.795US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-250.796US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-010.799US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-080.792US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-150.796US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-220.824US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-290.805US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-060.852US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-130.827US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-200.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-270.847US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-030.868US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-100.831US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-170.862US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-240.833US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-010.864US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-080.883US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-150.866US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-220.845US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-290.874US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-050.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-120.866US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-190.893US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-260.865US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-020.888US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-090.859US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-160.889US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-230.903US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-300.910US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-070.863US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-140.849US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-210.821US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-280.822US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-040.790US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-110.804US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-180.764US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-250.730US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-020.734US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-090.722US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-160.740US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-230.762US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-300.752US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-060.752US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-130.735US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-200.751US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-270.763US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-030.764US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-100.782US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-170.792US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-240.782US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-030.761US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-100.752US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-170.752US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-240.767US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-310.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-070.812US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-140.771US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-210.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-280.805US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-050.789US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-120.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-190.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-260.800US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-020.812US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-090.777US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-160.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-230.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-300.812US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-070.781US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-140.774US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-210.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-280.782US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-040.777US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-110.783US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.788US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.809US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.845US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.813US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.810US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.773US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.749US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.736US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.728US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.739US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.716US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.696US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.705US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.668US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.636US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.613US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.606US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.601US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.582US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.578US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.596US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.628US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.653US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.659US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.708US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.714US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.681US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.743US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.909US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-161.004US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.020US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-300.994US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-060.977US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-130.972US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.006US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.038US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.148US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.125US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.220US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.200US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.109US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.053US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.043US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-220.968US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-290.941US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-060.929US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-130.983US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.031US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.056US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.070US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.069US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.124US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.158US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.092US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-101.152AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.117US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.125US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-301.090AAA state gas price averages

No legal policy events have been curated for this region yet. This is not evidence that policy has been unchanged.

Event coverage is selective. Source tax-rate snapshots are not automatically treated as legal changes. Upcoming recorded tax dates · All regional tax records

Diesel
USD per litre, with policy event dates2026-09-10 to 2026-09-30. Dashed lines mark verified policy events; they do not establish causation. A data table follows.0.000.430.871.301.732026-09-102026-09-30AAA state gas price averages · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (3 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2026-09-101.514AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.550AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.602AAA state gas price averages

No legal policy events have been curated for this region yet. This is not evidence that policy has been unchanged.

Event coverage is selective. Source tax-rate snapshots are not automatically treated as legal changes. Upcoming recorded tax dates · All regional tax records

Source receipts

Gasoline / petrol

Publisher: AAA state gas price averages. Observation: 2026-09-30. Last successful publisher refresh: 2026-09-30 07:39:46 UTC. Observation ingestion: 2026-09-30 07:39:46 UTC.

Original value: 4.1263 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.090053 USD/L. Method: derived.

Crude input
WTI 96.41 USD/barrel, 2026-09-22
Display currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-30
Source currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-30
Reuse terms
AAA Fuel Prices, all rights reserved. Publicly displayed state averages; retain attribution. Not EIA public-domain data.

Derived method: crude = USD/barrel / 158.987 * local currency/USD; yield factor 1.0; downstream = price - taxes - crude. Currency conversion uses display FX / source FX; US gallons convert at 3.785411784 L. Missing inputs are never zero. Benchmark availability alone does not imply a complete component breakdown. Full methodology.

Download receipts and calculation inputs · Historical observations

Publication and revision history (3 saved versions)

Tracking begins with this feature’s first export. A new observation is a publication; a changed value for the same observation date is a revision. This is our publication history, not a complete publisher revision archive. At most 30 versions per fuel are shown; the canonical database retains all recorded versions.

Recorded (UTC)ObservationPrice / LVersion
2026-09-30T07:44:55.486032Z2026-09-301.090053 USD65f1d782af06
2026-09-29T13:02:15Z2026-09-141.137129 USDb932ddaed6b1
2026-09-23T06:02:25Z2026-09-141.137129 USDefa109a38dd3
Diesel

Publisher: AAA state gas price averages. Observation: 2026-09-30. Last successful publisher refresh: 2026-09-30 07:39:46 UTC. Observation ingestion: 2026-09-30 07:39:46 UTC.

Original value: 6.0645 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.602071 USD/L. Method: derived.

Crude input
WTI 96.41 USD/barrel, 2026-09-22
Display currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-30
Source currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-30
Reuse terms
AAA Fuel Prices, all rights reserved. Publicly displayed state averages; retain attribution. Not EIA public-domain data.

Derived method: crude = USD/barrel / 158.987 * local currency/USD; yield factor 1.0; downstream = price - taxes - crude. Currency conversion uses display FX / source FX; US gallons convert at 3.785411784 L. Missing inputs are never zero. Benchmark availability alone does not imply a complete component breakdown. Full methodology.

Download receipts and calculation inputs · Historical observations

Publication and revision history (3 saved versions)

Tracking begins with this feature’s first export. A new observation is a publication; a changed value for the same observation date is a revision. This is our publication history, not a complete publisher revision archive. At most 30 versions per fuel are shown; the canonical database retains all recorded versions.

Recorded (UTC)ObservationPrice / LVersion
2026-09-30T07:44:55.491812Z2026-09-301.602071 USD455120462d34
2026-09-29T13:02:15Z2026-09-141.550241 USD4a3edbab519f
2026-09-23T06:02:25Z2026-09-141.550241 USD959e1be54110

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