Retail price of midgrade gasoline in Chicago (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail gasoline prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Chicago, the retail price of midgrade gasoline was 5.29 USD/gal on 2 November 2026, compared to 5.49 on 26 October 2026. This represents a reduction of 3.70 percent.
Sample. This weekly series has 1,378 data points in total. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2000 to November 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the retail price had an average value of 3.14 USD/gal; it hit a minimum of 1.17 USD/gal on 11 February 2002; it reached its maximum of 6.21 USD/gal on 13 June 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 5.31300 |
| 2026-10-26 | 5.49300 |
| 2026-11-02 | 5.29000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of midgrade gasoline in Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | USD/gal |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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