# Monday Diesel > The Monday diesel number for people who get paid by the mile. EIA's Monday on-highway diesel price is the most widely used public benchmark for US trucking fuel surcharges. We publish it with the context that matters per mile: regional spreads, the pump-over-spot gap, and cost per mile at a stated 6.5 mpg reference. One brief a week. No forecasts, no buy signals. _Data through Aug 31, 2026._ ## Latest issue: DOE Diesel Eases 5.3 Cents to $5.599, Brent Crude Off 7% (Sep 1, 2026) DOE diesel fell 5.3 cents to $5.599/gal for the week of Aug. 31, per EIA's on-highway diesel survey. At the stated 6.5 mpg reference, that is 86.1 cents a mile. Brent crude posted the week's biggest drop, off 7.4%. Read: https://mondaydiesel.com/issues/2026-09-01 · Markdown: https://mondaydiesel.com/issues/2026-09-01.md ## The data ### The DOE number EIA's Monday-priced on-highway diesel number, the benchmark most fuel surcharges peg to. - [This week's DOE on-highway diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/number/doe-diesel-price.md) — $5.599/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) ### Regions On-highway diesel by PADD, East Coast subregion and California, week over week. - [California diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/california.md) — $7.218/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/central-atlantic.md) — $5.838/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [East Coast (PADD 1) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/east-coast.md) — $5.448/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Gulf Coast (PADD 3) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/gulf-coast.md) — $5.360/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/lower-atlantic.md) — $5.276/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Midwest (PADD 2) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/midwest.md) — $5.571/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [New England (PADD 1A) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/new-england.md) — $5.736/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/rocky-mountain.md) — $5.555/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [West Coast (PADD 5) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/west-coast.md) — $6.497/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [West Coast except California (PADD 5) diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/region/west-coast-except-california.md) — $5.872/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) ### Spot Daily ULSD spot at New York Harbor and the Gulf Coast, the wholesale layer under the pump. - [Gulf Coast ULSD spot price](https://mondaydiesel.com/spot/gulf-coast.md) — $4.216/gal (as of Aug 25, 2026) - [New York Harbor ULSD spot price](https://mondaydiesel.com/spot/new-york-harbor.md) — $4.186/gal (as of Aug 25, 2026) ### Crude oil Daily WTI and Brent crude spot, the upstream cost that drives roughly half the pump price. - [Brent crude oil price](https://mondaydiesel.com/crude/brent.md) — $88.24/bbl (as of Aug 25, 2026) - [Diesel price vs crude oil](https://mondaydiesel.com/crude/diesel-vs-crude.md) — $3.596/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [WTI crude oil price](https://mondaydiesel.com/crude/wti.md) — $83.90/bbl (as of Aug 25, 2026) ### Spreads Each region's pump price minus the US average, in cents per gallon, plus West vs Gulf. - [California vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/california.md) — +161.9 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/central-atlantic.md) — +23.9 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [East Coast (PADD 1) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/east-coast.md) — -15.1 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Gulf Coast (PADD 3) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/gulf-coast.md) — -23.9 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/lower-atlantic.md) — -32.3 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Midwest (PADD 2) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/midwest.md) — -2.8 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [New England (PADD 1A) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/new-england.md) — +13.7 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/rocky-mountain.md) — -4.4 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [West Coast (PADD 5) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/west-coast.md) — +89.8 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [West Coast except California (PADD 5) vs the US average](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/west-coast-except-california.md) — +27.3 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [West Coast vs Gulf Coast](https://mondaydiesel.com/spreads/west-vs-gulf.md) — +113.7 cents/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) ### Pump vs spot Retail minus the nearest-business-day ULSD spot, the pump-over-wholesale proxy (includes taxes). - [East Coast pump price vs New York Harbor spot](https://mondaydiesel.com/margin/padd1-vs-new-york-harbor.md) — $1.230/gal (as of Aug 24, 2026) - [US pump price vs Gulf Coast spot](https://mondaydiesel.com/margin/us-vs-gulf-coast.md) — $1.354/gal (as of Aug 24, 2026) ### Cost per mile The DOE number translated to fuel cost per mile at a stated 6.5 mpg reference. - [Diesel fuel cost per mile](https://mondaydiesel.com/costpermile/diesel-cost-per-mile.md) — 86.1 cents/mi (as of Aug 31, 2026) ### Why prices are moving Why the DOE number is rising or falling right now, updated every week the data moves. - [Why are diesel prices falling right now?](https://mondaydiesel.com/why/diesel-prices-falling.md) — Not the current direction (as of Aug 31, 2026) - [Why are diesel prices rising right now?](https://mondaydiesel.com/why/diesel-prices-rising.md) — $5.599/gal, the current story (as of Aug 31, 2026) ### Current price The current US average diesel price in one sentence: the number, the move and what drives it. - [Current diesel price](https://mondaydiesel.com/current-price/diesel.md) — $5.599/gal (as of Aug 31, 2026) ## More - [Key statistics](https://mondaydiesel.com/stats.md) - 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