Propane Price Per Gallon: $2.598 Residential (Latest EIA Survey)
Tracking the US residential propane price per gallon, weekly, from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey. Built for homeowners deciding when to top up, not for traders. The chart is the answer.
No public source posts a propane price for a single ZIP code. The closest real figure is your state's EIA weekly average, which runs well either side of the $2.598 national number. Enter your ZIP on the propane prices by ZIP code page to jump straight to your state average, or open the full by-state table for all 38 states EIA surveys weekly.
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Where the propane price per gallon stands now
For the week ending 5 October 2026, the US average residential propane price was $2.598 per gallon, the first reading of the 2026-2027 heating season under the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey. EIA published no reading for the week before, so there is no week-on-week move to report. Compared with the same week of 2025, residential propane is +7.5% (EIA). For the day-to-day view, see propane price per gallon today, which leads with the daily-updating Mont Belvieu wholesale spot.
Across the full October-to-March 2025-2026 heating season, the US average rose from $2.417 in the first week of October 2025 to $2.674 at the end of March 2026, an increase of 25.7 cents per gallon. EIA collects the residential price weekly from October through March and publishes each week's reading the following Wednesday. The opening reading of a season was the cheapest published figure of that season in 8 of the 12 seasons from 2014-2015 to 2025-2026 (see the 5-season overlay).
The Mont Belvieu wholesale spot price was around $0.933 per gallon for the same week (EIA daily series). The residential-to-wholesale spread is $1.67 per gallon: that spread covers pipeline transport, regional terminal storage, tanker truck delivery, distributor margin, tank rental amortisation, and the seasonality risk premium. We break the spread down at Wholesale vs retail.
Current propane price: quick answers
What is the current propane price per gallon?
The most recent US average residential propane price is $2.598 per gallon, for the week ending 5 October 2026 (EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey). EIA collects the residential price weekly from October through March and publishes each week's reading the following Wednesday, so this is the latest published weekly reading; the next weekly update is expected October 15, 2026. The freshest price signal year-round is the Mont Belvieu wholesale spot, which closed at $0.919 per gallon on October 6, 2026.
What is the current price of LP gas today?
LP gas (liquefied petroleum gas) used for home heating is propane, so the price is the same figure. The latest US residential average is $2.598 per gallon (EIA, week ending 5 October 2026). Your delivered price depends on your state, supplier, tank ownership, and contract type: in the latest survey, state averages ran from $1.608 (North Dakota) to $4.864 (Florida).
What is the price of propane per gallon today?
The latest published US residential average is $2.598 per gallon (EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey, week ending 5 October 2026). EIA publishes it every Wednesday through the heating season, for the week ending the Monday before. The freshest daily signal is the Mont Belvieu wholesale spot, $0.919 per gallon on October 6, 2026. For the winter as a whole, EIA's Winter Fuels Outlook (6 October 2026) forecasts $2.52 per gallon on average from November to March, 2.4% below last winter. The five-year seasonal overlay is on our seasonal patterns page.
How does today's propane price compare with a year ago?
For the week ending 5 October 2026, US residential propane was $2.598 per gallon, up 7.5% versus the same week of 2025, and above the 5-year seasonal average of $2.580 per gallon by 0.7% (EIA).
Where is propane cheapest and most expensive right now?
In the latest EIA weekly survey (week ending 5 October 2026), the lowest state average was North Dakota at $1.608 per gallon and the highest was Florida at $4.864 per gallon, against the US average of $2.598. The by-state table below lists all 38 states EIA publishes weekly.
Propane price per gallon by state
This site carries a per-state page for every one of the 38 states the EIA survey publishes weekly, listed below. Prices across the covered states range from $1.642 (Nebraska, the lowest in the survey thanks to rural-cooperative density and Conway hub access) to $4.706 (Florida, where long-haul coastal supply and limited heating-season volume raise the delivered cost).
| State | Latest ($/gal)$/gal | PADD | vs nationalvs US | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | $3.101 | PADD 3 | +0.50 | chart |
| Ohio | $2.572 | PADD 2 | -0.03 | chart |
| Michigan | $2.338 | PADD 2 | -0.26 | chart |
| North Carolina | $3.580 | PADD 1C | +0.98 | chart |
| Iowa | $1.633 | PADD 2 | -0.96 | chart |
| Pennsylvania | $3.150 | PADD 1B | +0.55 | chart |
| Kentucky | $2.672 | PADD 2 | +0.07 | chart |
| Wisconsin | $1.814 | PADD 2 | -0.78 | chart |
| New York | $3.666 | PADD 1B | +1.07 | chart |
| Massachusetts | $3.594 | PADD 1A | +1.00 | chart |
| Indiana | $2.472 | PADD 2 | -0.13 | chart |
| Illinois | $1.829 | PADD 2 | -0.77 | chart |
| Minnesota | $1.901 | PADD 2 | -0.70 | chart |
| Maine | $3.546 | PADD 1A | +0.95 | chart |
| Alabama | $3.521 | PADD 3 | +0.92 | chart |
| Arkansas | $2.286 | PADD 3 | -0.31 | chart |
| Colorado | $2.392 | PADD 4 | -0.21 | chart |
| Connecticut | $4.213 | PADD 1A | +1.62 | chart |
| Delaware | $3.674 | PADD 1B | +1.08 | chart |
| Florida | $4.864 | PADD 1C | +2.27 | chart |
| Georgia | $3.079 | PADD 1C | +0.48 | chart |
| Idaho | $2.514 | PADD 4 | -0.08 | chart |
| Kansas | $2.009 | PADD 2 | -0.59 | chart |
| Maryland | $3.802 | PADD 1B | +1.20 | chart |
| Missouri | $2.061 | PADD 2 | -0.54 | chart |
| Mississippi | $3.048 | PADD 3 | +0.45 | chart |
| Montana | $1.914 | PADD 4 | -0.68 | chart |
| North Dakota | $1.608 | PADD 2 | -0.99 | chart |
| Nebraska | $1.699 | PADD 2 | -0.90 | chart |
| New Hampshire | $3.953 | PADD 1A | +1.35 | chart |
| New Jersey | $3.946 | PADD 1B | +1.35 | chart |
| Oklahoma | $2.294 | PADD 2 | -0.30 | chart |
| Rhode Island | $3.816 | PADD 1A | +1.22 | chart |
| South Dakota | $1.726 | PADD 2 | -0.87 | chart |
| Tennessee | $3.193 | PADD 2 | +0.60 | chart |
| Utah | $2.227 | PADD 4 | -0.37 | chart |
| Virginia | $3.678 | PADD 1C | +1.08 | chart |
| Vermont | $3.766 | PADD 1A | +1.17 | chart |
State series: e.g. Texas W_EPLLPA_PRS_STX_DPG. Every state figure in the table is from the same EIA survey week as the national average.
This year vs the last five years
The 2025-2026 heating season tracked below the 5-year average for most of the winter, then crossed above it after the late-January acceleration and held there to the survey close. Across the published EIA archive, residential propane usually peaks in January or February, and the October survey open is the cheapest published reading in most years, with year-to-year amplitude varying by winter severity and regional inventory. The 5-season overlay chart on /seasonal-patterns/ shows the shape directly.
Forecast
The EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is the only forecast quoted on this site. After renewed tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz pushed Brent as high as $105 per barrel on 23 July 2026, the August 2026 STEO raised its Brent crude forecast to about $87 per barrel in 2026 (about $85 in the third quarter, $78 in the fourth) before easing to about $69 in 2027 as oil inventories build. EIA does not publish a residential propane price forecast for next winter until the October Winter Fuels Outlook, and a firmer near-term crude path is a modest upside for wholesale propane into autumn. We do not invent forecasts; the page at /forecast/ quotes STEO with the issue date.
Why is residential propane so much higher than wholesale?
The current spread between the US residential average ($2.598) and Mont Belvieu wholesale spot ($0.933) is $1.67 per gallon. That gap covers pipeline transport, regional terminal storage, tanker truck delivery, local distributor margin, tank rental amortisation, the seasonality risk premium, and regulatory fees. Mont Belvieu is the NGL spot benchmark, not the price any homeowner can transact at. EIA publishes a third price between the two, the wholesale rack at a supplier's terminal, which lets most of that gap be placed rather than guessed at. Full breakdown at Wholesale vs retail.
Methodology
This site refreshes from the EIA Weekly Heating Oil and Propane Survey every Wednesday afternoon while EIA is collecting weekly (October through March), and from the EIA Mont Belvieu daily spot series year-round. The refresh script is documented at /methodology/. Every price here comes from EIA or a named state energy office, with a date, and every one of those sources is free to open. One of them has a paid service behind it and we say so rather than leaving it implied: EIA's weekly wholesale price is built from terminal quotes that OPIS supplies to EIA, which EIA then republishes for nothing. The methodology page sets out what each of the three prices measures and who collects it.
Related pages on this site
Market structure
- Mont Belvieu spot price: today's benchmark
- Wholesale propane price per gallon
- Wholesale vs retail: the spread, broken down
- How LPG exports move the propane price
- HD-5 propane specification and price
By cohort and use case
- Residential heating propane price
- Commercial vs residential
- Agricultural propane price
- Restaurant propane price
- Forklift propane price and 33lb cylinder
- Autogas (propane) price for fleets
- Camping propane price (1lb and 20lb)
By supplier, season, and year
- AmeriGas propane price · Suburban · Ferrellgas · Blue Rhino · Costco
- Winter propane price 2025-2026 · Summer (off-season buying) · Pre-buy vs will-call contracts
- 2026 year tracker · History 2014-2026 · Polar vortex 2014
BTU-equivalent comparisons
- BTU per gallon of propane (91,452 BTU/gal)
- Propane vs natural gas: price per BTU
- Propane vs heating oil: price per BTU
- Propane vs electricity: cost per BTU
Reference
- Propane price per gallon today (daily wholesale signal)
- Average propane price per gallon (by year and state)
- Cost of propane per gallon (and what a full tank costs)
- Propane price per gallon by state
- Propane prices near me: find your local price
- Seasonal patterns: when prices rise and fall
- 5-year price chart
- EIA STEO forecast
- How prices are set
- FAQ · Glossary · Methodology
For household cost estimation
PropanePricePerGallon.com tracks the market price. For household budget calculation including tank size, climate zone, annual gallons used, and fills needed across the heating season, our sister site propanecostpergallon.com runs the cost calculator. This is the differentiation contract: the two sites are halves of one decision tree.