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

The evidence behind the price

Ohio: 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
2026-09-301.1190.606AAA 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.03161921222026-09-102026-09-30Pump 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
2026-09-101.5610.651AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.6140.644AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.7650.606AAA 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.0.000.360.721.081.442021-10-112026-09-30US Energy Information Administration · USD/L
No curated policy events fall within the displayed price history.
Chart data and publishers (260 observations)
DatePump, USD/LPublisher
2021-10-110.810US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-180.863US Energy Information Administration
2021-10-250.844US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-010.836US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-080.875US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-150.856US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-220.847US Energy Information Administration
2021-11-290.835US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-060.809US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-130.804US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-200.786US Energy Information Administration
2021-12-270.773US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-030.767US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-100.830US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-170.811US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-240.801US Energy Information Administration
2022-01-310.824US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-070.865US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-140.855US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-210.892US Energy Information Administration
2022-02-280.881US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-071.019US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-141.079US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-211.059US Energy Information Administration
2022-03-281.076US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-041.036US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-110.998US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-180.977US Energy Information Administration
2022-04-250.993US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-021.037US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-091.076US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-161.132US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-231.168US Energy Information Administration
2022-05-301.160US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-061.271US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-131.331US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-201.300US Energy Information Administration
2022-06-271.269US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-041.236US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-111.195US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-181.148US Energy Information Administration
2022-07-251.086US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-011.027US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-080.965US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-150.941US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-220.953US Energy Information Administration
2022-08-290.922US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-050.954US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-120.926US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-190.884US Energy Information Administration
2022-09-260.949US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-030.985US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-101.041US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-170.999US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-240.964US Energy Information Administration
2022-10-310.958US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-071.020US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-140.988US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-210.949US Energy Information Administration
2022-11-280.914US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-050.868US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-120.809US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-190.761US Energy Information Administration
2022-12-260.756US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-020.807US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-090.870US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-160.865US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-230.915US Energy Information Administration
2023-01-300.927US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-060.884US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-130.861US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-200.850US Energy Information Administration
2023-02-270.816US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-060.890US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-130.891US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-200.860US Energy Information Administration
2023-03-270.836US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-030.910US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-100.975US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-170.955US Energy Information Administration
2023-04-240.950US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-010.920US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-080.881US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-150.953US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-220.922US Energy Information Administration
2023-05-290.916US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-050.888US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-120.961US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-190.925US Energy Information Administration
2023-06-260.897US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-030.870US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-100.841US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-170.884US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-240.863US Energy Information Administration
2023-07-310.925US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-070.906US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-140.967US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-210.944US Energy Information Administration
2023-08-280.917US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-040.949US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-110.927US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-180.962US Energy Information Administration
2023-09-250.929US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-020.892US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-090.856US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-160.822US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-230.859US Energy Information Administration
2023-10-300.827US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-060.819US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-130.854US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-200.821US Energy Information Administration
2023-11-270.779US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-040.759US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-110.734US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-180.702US Energy Information Administration
2023-12-250.766US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-010.732US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-080.689US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-150.757US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-220.821US Energy Information Administration
2024-01-290.788US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-050.803US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-120.829US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-190.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-02-260.838US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-040.907US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-110.886US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-180.849US Energy Information Administration
2024-03-250.903US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-010.878US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-080.930US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-150.896US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-220.963US Energy Information Administration
2024-04-290.921US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-060.882US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-130.926US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-200.951US Energy Information Administration
2024-05-270.914US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-030.877US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-100.842US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-170.908US Energy Information Administration
2024-06-240.884US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-010.936US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-080.894US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-150.866US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-220.916US Energy Information Administration
2024-07-290.945US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-050.910US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-120.928US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-190.889US Energy Information Administration
2024-08-260.835US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-020.850US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-090.802US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-160.761US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-230.817US Energy Information Administration
2024-09-300.849US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-070.800US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-140.838US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-210.779US Energy Information Administration
2024-10-280.735US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-040.783US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-110.733US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-180.735US Energy Information Administration
2024-11-250.736US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-020.793US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-090.737US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-160.807US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-230.827US Energy Information Administration
2024-12-300.781US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-060.807US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-130.767US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-200.813US Energy Information Administration
2025-01-270.779US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-030.745US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-100.805US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-170.792US Energy Information Administration
2025-02-240.758US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-030.726US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-100.734US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-170.762US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-240.820US Energy Information Administration
2025-03-310.815US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-070.826US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-140.778US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-210.825US Energy Information Administration
2025-04-280.786US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-050.822US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-120.777US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-190.793US Energy Information Administration
2025-05-260.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-020.761US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-090.801US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-160.810US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-230.835US Energy Information Administration
2025-06-300.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-070.753US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-140.806US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-210.763US Energy Information Administration
2025-07-280.817US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-040.838US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-110.771US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-180.814US Energy Information Administration
2025-08-250.902US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-010.838US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-080.791US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-150.750US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-220.798US Energy Information Administration
2025-09-290.754US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-060.790US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-130.718US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-200.794US Energy Information Administration
2025-10-270.772US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-030.766US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-100.804US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-170.837US Energy Information Administration
2025-11-240.743US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-010.683US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-080.701US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-150.749US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-220.667US Energy Information Administration
2025-12-290.717US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-050.670US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-120.711US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-190.707US Energy Information Administration
2026-01-260.760US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-020.711US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-090.723US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-160.718US Energy Information Administration
2026-02-230.763US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-020.731US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-090.915US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-160.900US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-230.984US Energy Information Administration
2026-03-301.012US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-060.979US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-131.017US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-200.973US Energy Information Administration
2026-04-271.023US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-041.262US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-111.231US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-181.191US Energy Information Administration
2026-05-251.205US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-011.136US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-081.061US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-151.078US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-221.020US Energy Information Administration
2026-06-290.996US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-060.942US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-131.004US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-201.020US Energy Information Administration
2026-07-271.017US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-031.079US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-101.030US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-171.104US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-241.052US Energy Information Administration
2026-08-311.003US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-101.105AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.096US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-211.183US Energy Information Administration
2026-09-301.119AAA 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.0.000.480.951.431.912026-09-102026-09-30AAA 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
2026-09-101.561AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-141.614AAA state gas price averages
2026-09-301.765AAA 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: 4.2363 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.119112 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
2026-09-30T07:44:55.941480Z2026-09-301.119112 USD67c100ed33ab
2026-09-29T13:02:16Z2026-09-141.098190 USDfd6d9f99441f
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-141.098190 USD3e58dbf7f0c6
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: 6.6794 USD USD/gal. Display: 1.764511 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 (12 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
2026-09-30T07:44:55.947626Z2026-09-301.764511 USDb8e32454bffa
2026-09-29T13:02:16Z2026-09-141.613959 USDc7aa89e64314
2026-09-27T13:02:08Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-27T12:31:29Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-26T12:32:33Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-25T13:02:15Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-24T16:01:26Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-24T13:02:10Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-24T12:31:41Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-23T13:02:07Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-23T06:09:07Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10
2026-09-23T06:02:26Z2026-09-141.613959 USD19bd55719f10

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