# Diesel $6.352, Forecast Above $4 in 2027 | Big Rig Daily

> The U.S. EIA put the national average on-highway diesel price at $6.352 a gallon on October 26, up 7.6 cents on the week and $2.634 above a year earlier. Its October Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts diesel averaging $5.19 in 2026 and $4.49 in 2027, staying above $4 throughout 2027. East Coast distillate inventories were 32% below the five-year seasonal average in September and are expected to remain 20% to 30% below average through winter.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T21:30:44.895Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73510-diesel-6-352-forecast-above-4-in-2027-big-rig-daily
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Tight distillate inventories and a forecast of sustained high diesel prices raise freight and farm-operating costs, which supports diesel and energy-linked prices. Higher fuel costs also feed into the cost of feed ingredient transport and processing.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2025-01-29 | [EIA Increases 2025 USA Diesel Price Forecast \| Rigzone](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26678-eia-increases-2025-usa-diesel-price-forecast-rigzone.md) | +0.2% | -4.7% |
| DIESEL | 2024-03-25 | [EIA sharply raises 2026-2027 diesel price forecast \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31383-eia-sharply-raises-2026-2027-diesel-price-forecast-latest-market-news.md) | -0.9% | -3.5% |
| DIESEL | 2024-11-25 | [Diesel Price Rises 4.8¢ to $3.539 a Gallon - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27580-diesel-price-rises-4-8-to-3-539-a-gallon-tt.md) | -4.5% | -2.0% |
| DIESEL | 2018-03-09 | [Global diesel supplies to remain tight until 2027, warns IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66209-global-diesel-supplies-to-remain-tight-until-2027-warns-iea.md) | +1.8% | +5.3% |
| DIESEL | 2025-03-31 | [Diesel Price Rises 2.5¢ to $3.592 a Gallon - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25785-diesel-price-rises-2-5-to-3-592-a-gallon-tt.md) | -7.6% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- bigrigdaily.com: https://bigrigdaily.com/diesel-6-352-eia-forecast-above-4-dollars-all-of-2027-truckers-fuel-costs/

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