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

The evidence behind the price

New York: 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
2026-09-301.1850.606AAA 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.02959881182026-09-102026-09-30Pump 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
2026-09-101.5790.651AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.6310.644AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.7220.606AAA 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.0.000.350.701.061.412021-10-112026-09-30US Energy Information Administration · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (260 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2021-10-110.874US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-180.899US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-250.918US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-010.921US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-080.922US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-150.924US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-220.924US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-290.924US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-060.912US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-130.910US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-200.908US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-270.906US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-030.903US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-100.898US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-170.896US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-240.902US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-310.917US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-070.931US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-140.961US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-210.975US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-280.991US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-071.136US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-141.153US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-211.130US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-281.119US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-041.100US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-111.084US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-181.071US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-251.088US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-021.125US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-091.179US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-161.251US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-231.281US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-301.282US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-061.259US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-131.304US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-201.290US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-271.275US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-041.257US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-111.226US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-181.198US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-251.173US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-011.152US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-081.126US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-151.102US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-221.080US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-291.055US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-051.014US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-120.988US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-190.961US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-260.936US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-030.920US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-100.940US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-170.954US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-240.947US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-310.988US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-071.012US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-141.006US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-210.987US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-280.968US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-050.947US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-120.909US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-190.888US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-260.868US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-020.872US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-090.876US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-160.879US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-230.904US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-300.919US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-060.913US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-130.901US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-200.891US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-270.880US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-060.883US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-130.893US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-200.889US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-270.885US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-030.905US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-100.916US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-170.937US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-240.954US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-010.958US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-080.946US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-150.942US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-220.940US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-290.950US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-050.949US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-120.946US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-190.948US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-260.949US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-030.947US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-100.946US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-170.943US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-240.953US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-310.989US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-071.019US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-141.020US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-211.017US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-281.011US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-041.004US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-111.003US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-181.015US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-251.003US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-020.998US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-090.979US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-160.970US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-230.963US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-300.951US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-060.934US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-130.920US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-200.906US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-270.901US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-040.889US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-110.878US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-180.860US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-250.854US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-010.847US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-080.843US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-150.826US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-220.823US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-290.831US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-050.834US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-120.840US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-190.850US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-260.849US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-040.865US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-110.863US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-180.866US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-250.886US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-010.888US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-080.894US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-150.912US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-220.961US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-290.959US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-060.961US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-130.955US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-200.948US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-270.944US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-030.935US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-100.923US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-170.916US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-240.913US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-010.920US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-080.931US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-150.928US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-220.929US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-290.926US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-050.914US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-120.908US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-190.902US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-260.893US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-020.884US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-090.865US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-160.853US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-230.842US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-300.826US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-070.819US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-140.833US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-210.827US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-280.823US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-040.815US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-110.812US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-180.808US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-250.815US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-020.817US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-090.815US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-160.810US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-230.808US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-300.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-060.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-130.808US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-200.818US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-270.820US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-030.816US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-100.818US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-170.816US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-240.814US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-030.806US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-100.798US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-170.793US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-240.795US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-310.801US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-070.811US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-140.797US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-210.798US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-280.799US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-050.801US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-120.799US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-190.809US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-260.806US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-020.799US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-090.793US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-160.803US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-230.828US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-300.825US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-070.818US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-140.814US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-210.813US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-280.808US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-040.817US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-110.812US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.810US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.818US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.834US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.835US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.826US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.820US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.813US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.796US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.792US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.802US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.808US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.808US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.802US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.797US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.781US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.774US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.770US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.762US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.755US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.755US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.761US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.760US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.761US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.763US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.767US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.885US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.931US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-231.001US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.014US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-061.059US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.071US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-201.058US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.084US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.162US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.193US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.195US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.180US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.158US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.130US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.107US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-221.077US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-291.051US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-061.039US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.052US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.077US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.093US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.084US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.068US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.068US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.079US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.090US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-101.149AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.146US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.168US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-301.185AAA 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.0.000.460.931.391.862026-09-102026-09-30AAA 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
2026-09-101.579AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.631AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.722AAA 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: 4.4875 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.185472 USD/L. Method: unavailable.

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
2026-09-30T07:44:55.928681Z2026-09-301.185472 USD909768de77c2
2026-09-29T13:02:16Z2026-09-141.160534 USDfaf02809ed60
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-141.160534 USD3f5a6979c4d7
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: 6.5191 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.722164 USD/L. Method: unavailable.

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
2026-09-30T07:44:55.934557Z2026-09-301.722164 USDc0cba18e57ac
2026-09-29T13:02:16Z2026-09-141.631078 USD9909a6aa1966
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-141.631078 USD2b0dca8cccb2

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