Diesel rises for fourth straight week to $3.868
The U.S. average on-highway diesel price climbed 24.9 cents over four weeks, the Energy Information Administration reported in November 2025.
The national average price of a gallon of on-highway diesel rose for the fourth consecutive week to $3.868 for the week of Nov. 17, 2025, according to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration.
The run-up
The Nov. 17 reading was up 3.1 cents from the prior week, Supply Chain 24/7 reported, citing EIA data.
It followed an 8.4-cent increase to $3.837 for the week of Nov. 10, a 3.5-cent increase to $3.753 for the week of Nov. 3, and a 9.9-cent increase to $3.718 for the week of Oct. 27.
Over the four weeks, the national average rose a cumulative 24.9 cents.
Before the climb
The increases came after three weeks of declines. The average fell 4.3 cents to $3.711 for the week of Oct. 6, 4.6 cents to $3.665 for the week of Oct. 13, and 4.5 cents to $3.620 for the week of Oct. 20, a combined 13.4-cent drop.
Year over year
The national average was 37.7 cents higher than a year earlier. That annual gain topped those of the previous three weeks, which were 31.6 cents, 21.7 cents and 14.5 cents.
West Texas Intermediate crude was trading at $57.47 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the report said.
Tight inventories
FreightWaves reported on Nov. 12 that the Nov. 10 price of $3.837 was the highest since July 8, 2024, when it was $3.865. The EIA release was published a day later than usual because of Veterans Day.
FreightWaves attributed the recent strength mainly to global inventory levels. U.S. inventories of distillates other than jet fuel fell from 123.6 million barrels in the week ended Sept. 26 to 111.5 million barrels in the week ended Oct. 31, it reported, citing EIA data. About 88% to 90% of those inventories are ultra-low sulfur diesel, the fuel trucks use.
The period is normally a time when distillate inventories build ahead of winter, FreightWaves said. It said the spread between the retail prices of diesel and gasoline was 91 cents a gallon, the widest since the end of 2023 and early 2024.
What it meant for carriers
The EIA weekly average is the benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges, FreightWaves said. In four weeks, it rose from $3.620 to $3.868 a gallon, and it stood 37.7 cents above its year-earlier level.