Diesel, all types · per gallon · 1979 Estimated
$0.84in June 1979 — about $3.87 in today's money.
- Price in 1979$0.84
- Same money today$3.87
- Actual price now · July 2026$4.80
- Change since 1979+473%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1979. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (March 1994) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 15 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.
- Source
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
- Series
- GASDESW
- Estimated for
- June 1979
- Coverage
- March 1994 – July 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 72.3 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SETB01
- Back-cast
- 15 years before the first record · moderate confidence
- License
- Public domain