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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEHE01

Fuel oil

Prices for fuel oil rose 52.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 10.1% in the month.

12 months+52.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+10.1%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−6.3%seasonally adjusted
Index528.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%50%100%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026528.4+10.1%+52.0%
July 2026490.1−1.7%+39.1%
June 2026485.4−9.2%+42.9%
May 2026534.9+3.8%+58.9%
April 2026532.9+5.8%+54.3%
March 2026517.4+30.7%+44.2%
February 2026400.0+11.1%+6.2%
January 2026354.7−5.7%−4.2%
December 2025367.2−0.8%+7.4%
November 2025373.1—+11.3%
September 2025348.4+0.7%+4.1%
August 2025347.6+0.7%−0.5%
July 2025352.4+1.0%−2.9%
June 2025339.8+1.0%−4.7%
May 2025336.6+0.8%−8.6%
April 2025345.3−1.1%−9.6%
March 2025358.8−3.8%−7.6%
February 2025376.8+0.2%−5.1%
January 2025370.3+5.8%−5.3%
December 2024341.8+2.6%−13.1%
November 2024335.1−1.3%−19.5%
October 2024338.5−2.4%−20.8%
September 2024334.8−4.1%−22.4%
August 2024349.4−1.6%−12.1%
July 2024363.1−0.8%−0.3%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEHE01 and CUSR0000SEHE01). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.