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

The evidence behind the price

Miami: what changed?

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

Why prices changed

Gasoline / petrol

+0.009 USD/L (+0.820%)

The gasoline price moved from 1.127 on 2026-09-21 to 1.136 on 2026-09-28. The price change is measured, but its components cannot be reliably allocated.

Contribution values
Estimated accounting contributions, USD/L
ComponentChange
Unallocated change: comparable components unavailable+0.009

Left: decrease. Right: increase. Oil is valued at the earlier FX rate; currency movement uses the later oil price. The downstream residual includes unmeasured costs and timing, not just margins. Taxes can change with prices without a policy change. This is accounting, not proof of causation.

Diesel

No comparable weekly observations are available.

Reporting around these observation dates

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

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 1002025-08-11 to 2026-09-28. Navy is pump price; teal is crude. A data table follows.047951421892025-08-112026-09-28Pump 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 (60 observations)
DatePump, USD/LCrude proxy, local / LPublisher
2025-08-110.7800.409US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.7940.406US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.7640.410US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.7910.405US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.8030.394US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.7950.400US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.8060.396US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.7840.404US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.7900.393US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.7650.376US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.7590.367US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.7670.391US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.7760.389US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.7430.383US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.7640.382US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.8150.372US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.7910.374US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.7670.371US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.7370.358US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.7520.366US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.7270.364US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.7330.365US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.7070.374US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.7250.374US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.7440.380US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.7600.387US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.7490.406US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.7520.397US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.7570.417US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.7610.447US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.9230.595US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.9830.587US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.0380.562US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.0400.658US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-061.0960.717US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.0560.634US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.0550.573US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.0380.628US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.1380.690US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.1580.639US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.1060.706US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.1480.631US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.0820.604US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.0220.598US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.0070.532US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-220.9630.497US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-290.9970.452US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-060.9800.438US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.0000.498US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.0310.531US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.0370.530US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.0060.516US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.0210.527US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.0180.541US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.0180.543US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.0250.547US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-071.0320.583US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-141.0840.644US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.1270.610US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-281.1360.606US Energy Information Administration
Correlation of weekly changes, from -1 (opposite) to +1 (together)
DelayAll changesOil increasesOil decreases
0 weeks0.40 (59 pairs)0.62 (28)0.00 (31)
1 weeks0.52 (58 pairs)0.42 (28)0.35 (30)
2 weeks-0.05 (57 pairs)-0.05 (28)-0.10 (29)
3 weeks-0.11 (56 pairs)-0.27 (27)-0.06 (29)
4 weeks0.26 (55 pairs)0.06 (26)0.10 (29)
5 weeks-0.03 (54 pairs)-0.22 (25)0.02 (29)
6 weeks-0.03 (53 pairs)-0.21 (24)0.06 (29)
7 weeks-0.07 (52 pairs)-0.40 (23)0.36 (29)
8 weeks0.32 (51 pairs)0.10 (22)0.13 (29)

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.

No compatible history is available for this chart.

No historical observations available.

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 dates2021-10-04 to 2026-09-28. Dashed lines mark verified policy events; they do not establish causation. A data table follows.0.000.350.691.041.392021-10-042026-09-28US Energy Information Administration · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (261 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2021-10-040.800US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-110.838US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-180.834US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-250.872US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-010.872US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-080.865US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-150.860US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-220.879US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-290.883US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-060.866US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-130.853US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-200.837US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-270.838US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-030.837US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-100.831US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-170.845US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-240.846US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-310.877US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-070.906US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-140.900US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-210.920US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-280.924US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-071.055US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-141.143US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-211.100US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-281.090US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-041.099US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-111.074US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-181.059US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-251.085US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-021.106US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-091.110US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-161.186US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-231.184US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-301.204US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-061.254US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-131.287US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-201.266US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-271.237US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-041.198US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-111.168US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-181.129US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-251.085US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-011.052US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-081.003US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-150.966US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-220.936US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-290.952US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-050.923US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-120.909US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-190.903US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-260.888US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-030.836US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-100.877US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-170.888US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-240.883US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-310.860US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-070.897US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-140.924US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-210.904US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-280.888US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-050.858US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-120.834US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-190.801US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-260.797US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-020.865US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-090.859US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-160.875US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-230.899US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-300.930US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-060.919US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-130.900US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-200.884US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-270.879US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-060.866US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-130.870US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-200.895US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-270.884US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-030.907US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-100.942US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-170.947US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-240.969US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-010.957US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-080.946US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-150.929US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-220.909US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-290.901US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-050.895US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-120.915US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-190.900US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-260.885US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-030.869US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-100.909US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-170.900US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-240.925US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-310.955US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-070.997US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-140.982US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-210.997US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-280.973US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-040.968US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-110.954US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-180.969US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-250.945US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-020.925US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-090.921US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-160.885US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-230.861US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-300.879US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-060.849US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-130.847US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-200.809US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-270.796US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-040.835US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-110.809US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-180.785US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-250.834US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-010.823US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-080.827US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-150.810US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-220.799US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-290.832US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-050.848US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-120.852US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-190.866US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-260.865US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-040.872US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-110.902US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-180.911US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-250.920US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-010.937US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-080.911US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-150.916US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-220.929US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-290.941US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-060.945US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-130.901US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-200.906US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-270.923US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-030.901US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-100.874US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-170.862US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-240.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-010.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-080.916US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-150.919US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-220.873US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-290.890US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-050.911US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-120.873US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-190.862US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-260.851US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-020.857US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-090.834US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-160.828US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-230.820US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-300.832US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-070.809US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-140.808US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-210.806US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-280.823US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-040.792US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-110.818US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-180.819US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-250.817US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-020.809US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-090.819US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-160.824US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-230.780US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-300.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-060.809US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-130.811US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-200.818US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-270.837US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-030.788US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-100.817US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-170.793US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-240.802US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-030.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-100.785US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-170.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-240.796US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-310.802US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-070.821US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-140.793US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-210.780US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-280.779US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-050.788US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-120.755US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-190.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-260.785US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-020.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-090.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-160.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-230.809US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-300.768US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-070.799US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-140.756US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-210.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-280.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-040.786US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-110.780US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.764US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.791US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.806US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.784US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.765US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.759US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.767US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.776US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.743US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.764US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.815US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.791US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.767US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.737US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.752US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.727US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.733US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.707US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.725US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.744US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.760US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.749US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.752US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.757US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.761US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.923US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.983US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.038US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.040US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-061.096US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.056US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.055US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.038US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.138US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.158US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.106US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.148US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.082US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.022US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.007US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-220.963US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-290.997US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-060.980US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.000US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.031US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.037US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.006US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.021US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.018US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.018US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.025US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-071.032US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-141.084US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.127US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-281.136US Energy Information Administration

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

No compatible history is available for this chart.

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: US Energy Information Administration. Observation: 2026-09-28. Last successful publisher refresh: 2026-09-30 07:39:45 UTC. Observation ingestion: 2026-09-30 07:39:44 UTC.

Original value: 4.301 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.136204 USD/L. Method: unavailable.

Crude input
WTI 96.41 USD/barrel, 2026-09-22
Display currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-28
Source currency FX
USD_USD 1, 2026-09-28
Reuse terms
US government public 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 (2 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
2026-09-30T07:44:55.765441Z2026-09-281.136204 USD1a5cd691600b
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-071.032384 USDe61f7445c040
Diesel

A calculation receipt will be recorded on the next data export.

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