East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2023
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2023 to Dec 25, 2023
Last updated
- Average
- $4.309
- High
- $4.721
- Jan 23
- Low
- $4.004
- Dec 18
- Against 2022
- Down −$0.399 (−8.5%)
- change in average
In 2023, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $4.309 a gallon, from a low of $4.004 on December 18, 2023 to a high of $4.721 on January 23, 2023.
The average was 8.5% below 2022’s $4.708.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no East Coast values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2023
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 2 $4.694Jan 9 $4.573Jan 16 $4.621Jan 23 $4.721Jan 30 $4.673 | $4.656 |
| February | Feb 6 $4.478Feb 13 $4.403Feb 20 $4.277Feb 27 $4.245 | $4.351 |
| March | Mar 6 $4.261Mar 13 $4.198Mar 20 $4.148Mar 27 $4.087 | $4.174 |
| October | Oct 2 $4.411Oct 9 $4.350Oct 16 $4.310Oct 23 $4.312Oct 30 $4.265 | $4.330 |
| November | Nov 6 $4.243Nov 13 $4.174Nov 20 $4.164Nov 27 $4.194 | $4.194 |
| December | Dec 4 $4.153Dec 11 $4.050Dec 18 $4.004Dec 25 $4.025 | $4.058 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.