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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SETB01

Gasoline (all types)

Prices for gasoline (all types) rose 27.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 3.9% in the month.

12 months+27.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+3.9%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−31.0%seasonally adjusted
Index359.71982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%50%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026359.7+3.9%+27.4%
July 2026350.8−2.9%+24.6%
June 2026358.5−9.7%+26.7%
May 2026397.0+7.0%+40.5%
April 2026365.4+5.4%+28.4%
March 2026328.9+21.2%+18.9%
February 2026263.4+0.8%−5.6%
January 2026254.9−3.2%−7.5%
December 2025261.5−0.3%−3.4%
November 2025276.2+2.7%+0.9%
October 2025277.0−1.3%−1.7%
September 2025285.6+3.6%−0.5%
August 2025282.4+1.6%−6.6%
July 2025281.5−1.2%−9.5%
June 2025282.9+0.1%−8.3%
May 2025282.6−2.1%−12.0%
April 2025284.5−2.4%−11.8%
March 2025276.6−3.8%−9.8%
February 2025279.1−1.2%−3.1%
January 2025275.5+1.2%−0.2%
December 2024270.7+4.0%−3.4%
November 2024273.6+0.1%−8.1%
October 2024281.7−0.2%−12.2%
September 2024287.1−2.8%−15.3%
August 2024302.4−1.3%−10.3%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETB01 and CUSR0000SETB01). 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.