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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SETB02

Other motor fuels

Prices for other motor fuels rose 44.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 9.6% in the month.

12 months+44.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+9.6%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−14.8%seasonally adjusted
Index397.81982–84 = 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 2026397.8+9.6%+44.0%
July 2026363.0−5.5%+30.7%
June 2026384.2−7.2%+44.5%
May 2026414.1+0.8%+56.9%
April 2026410.7+17.0%+54.0%
March 2026351.1+30.8%+31.0%
February 2026268.4+3.4%−1.1%
January 2026259.7−3.6%−2.2%
December 2025269.3−3.5%+3.5%
November 2025279.0—+6.5%
September 2025276.6+0.1%+3.3%
August 2025276.3−0.5%−0.4%
July 2025277.7+4.5%−1.8%
June 2025265.8+0.7%−5.7%
May 2025263.9−1.1%−9.0%
April 2025266.8−0.4%−10.2%
March 2025267.9−1.3%−9.8%
February 2025271.4+2.2%−8.2%
January 2025265.6+2.1%−8.0%
December 2024260.1−0.7%−13.5%
November 2024262.0−1.9%−18.1%
October 2024267.2−0.2%−19.9%
September 2024267.9−3.4%−20.6%
August 2024277.4−1.9%−12.6%
July 2024282.9+0.4%−1.2%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETB02 and CUSR0000SETB02). 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.