Virginia Heating Oil Prices in 2020
26 EIA surveys, Jan 6, 2020 to Dec 28, 2020
Last updated
- Average
- $2.504
- High
- $2.881
- Jan 6
- Low
- $2.191
- Oct 12
- Against 2019
- Down −$0.314 (−11.1%)
- change in average
In 2020, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for Virginia. They averaged $2.504 a gallon, from a low of $2.191 on October 12, 2020 to a high of $2.881 on January 6, 2020.
The average was 11.1% below 2019’s $2.818.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no Virginia values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2020
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 6 $2.881Jan 13 $2.881Jan 20 $2.863Jan 27 $2.849 | $2.869 |
| February | Feb 3 $2.840Feb 10 $2.802Feb 17 $2.807Feb 24 $2.795 | $2.811 |
| March | Mar 2 $2.777Mar 9 $2.731Mar 16 $2.572Mar 23 $2.516Mar 30 $2.434 | $2.606 |
| October | Oct 5 $2.194Oct 12 $2.191Oct 19 $2.216Oct 26 $2.223 | $2.206 |
| November | Nov 2 $2.219Nov 9 $2.219Nov 16 $2.224Nov 23 $2.230Nov 30 $2.270 | $2.232 |
| December | Dec 7 $2.289Dec 14 $2.329Dec 21 $2.371Dec 28 $2.385 | $2.344 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Virginia, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.