# U.S. gasoline demand | PIER20 benchmarks Where does U.S. gasoline demand sit relative to its five-year seasonal average? This page shows the four-week average of U.S. product supplied of finished motor gasoline (EIA series WGFUPUS2). Each week is compared to the same week in the five full years before that week. The chart shows the five-year seasonal average only. It does not show a min or max range. A reading above the five-year average is high for the season. A reading below is low for the season. Gasoline demand rises into the summer driving season and falls through the autumn and winter. This is a seasonal gauge. It is not a price forecast. As of **31 July 2026**, the latest readings are Gasoline demand (4-week avg) at **8965.75 Thousand Barrels per Day** and Five-year average at **9071.82 Thousand Barrels per Day**. The Gasoline demand (4-week avg) line is up 0.6% over the past year and above its long-run median of 8809.75 Thousand Barrels per Day. ## Summary statistics (full history) | Series | First | Latest | Min | Max | |---|---|---|---|---| | Gasoline demand (4-week avg) | 6715.00 | 8965.75 | 5329.25 | 9777.25 | | Five-year average | | 9071.82 | 6892.47 | 9670.58 | ## Last 24 readings | Date | Gasoline demand (4-week avg) | Five-year average | |---|---|---| | 20 Feb 2026 | 8483.75 | 8427.28 | | 27 Feb 2026 | 8518.50 | 8523.88 | | 6 Mar 2026 | 8753.75 | 8631.07 | | 13 Mar 2026 | 8748.50 | 8727.83 | | 20 Mar 2026 | 8796.25 | 8791.57 | | 27 Mar 2026 | 8894.75 | 8802.32 | | 3 Apr 2026 | 8725.50 | 8793.18 | | 10 Apr 2026 | 8815.50 | 8798.08 | | 17 Apr 2026 | 8848.25 | 8806.95 | | 24 Apr 2026 | 8952.75 | 8830.65 | | 1 May 2026 | 9015.00 | 8856.72 | | 8 May 2026 | 8931.50 | 8899.85 | | 15 May 2026 | 8859.50 | 8961.33 | | 22 May 2026 | 8897.50 | 8999.05 | | 29 May 2026 | 8842.75 | 9042.08 | | 5 Jun 2026 | 8837.00 | 9061.20 | | 12 Jun 2026 | 8948.25 | 9087.82 | | 19 Jun 2026 | 8828.00 | 9147.52 | | 26 Jun 2026 | 8962.25 | 9181.72 | | 3 Jul 2026 | 8990.75 | 9177.60 | | 10 Jul 2026 | 8898.75 | 9121.17 | | 17 Jul 2026 | 8941.75 | 9058.65 | | 24 Jul 2026 | 8919.25 | 9050.57 | | 31 Jul 2026 | 8965.75 | 9071.82 | ## How to read this benchmark **What a high or low reading means.** Product supplied is EIA's demand proxy. Barrels removed from the system. Not a direct meter reading, and the four-week average smooths the weekly noise. A reading above the seasonal band means consumers are burning more gasoline than the time of year warrants, pulling down stocks and supporting crack spreads. A reading below the band means weak driving demand. Softness that lets inventories build and caps refinery margins. **Why the five-year same-week average as the comparator.** Energy series move with the calendar year. A raw level cannot say if the market is tight or slack. This page ranks each week against the same week in the five full years before it. A July reading is judged against prior Julys, not against the full year. The baseline uses only earlier years. The current year never enters its own baseline. The rule allows one week of tolerance when holidays shift the report week. **How the seasonal lines are built.** For each date, the reference is the same EIA week number (plus or minus one week) in the five full calendar years before it. Each reference year adds one value (the mean of its tolerated observations). The five-year average uses those yearly values. This page plots the average only. The average line starts once a five-year window exists and rolls forward. **Limitations.** The five-year average moves as history rolls forward. Source revisions can move history. Gasoline demand is one input to the market balance. Prices also move on the weekly surprise versus expectations, not on the level alone. Treat the chart as context for supply and demand conditions, not investment advice. ## How this benchmark is used **The summer driving season.** Memorial Day to Labor Day is the demand peak, and the four-week-average convention is the market's standard smoothing. The EIA weekly report itself leads with the four-week average product supplied. The seasonal band here shows whether the driving season is running ahead of or behind the historical pattern, which is the first question for gasoline crack positioning. **Same-week seasonal average.** This page uses a same-week rule over five full prior years. It allows one week of tolerance. The current year is excluded. It plots the seasonal average only. Compare the reading to the average line, not to a min or max range. ## Frequently asked questions **What is the current U.S. gasoline demand?** As of 31 July 2026, the latest readings are Gasoline demand (4-week avg) at 8965.75 Thousand Barrels per Day and Five-year average at 9071.82 Thousand Barrels per Day. The Gasoline demand (4-week avg) line is up 0.6% over the past year and above its long-run median of 8809.75 Thousand Barrels per Day. **How often is this benchmark updated?** This benchmark is built on weekly data. The page is refreshed when the source publishes new observations; the freshness block below the chart shows the exact data-through date and when PIER20 last fetched the file. **What data sources does this chart use?** The chart is built from Gasoline demand (4-week avg) and Five-year average, sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). **What is the highest and lowest Gasoline demand has reached?** The percentile cell ranks the latest reading against the full sample. The 100th percentile is the highest on record. The 0th is the lowest. This page charts the five-year seasonal average only. Read extremes from the full history and the percentile cell. **How is this different from gasoline inventories?** This page is the flow (demand), not the stock. Inventories answer 'how much gasoline is in tanks'; product supplied answers 'how much is being consumed'. The two move in offsetting rhythm. Strong demand draws stocks. And the demand-vs-stock pair is the standard read on whether the market is balanced. **Why does the five-year average only start five years into the history?** A baseline needs five full prior years of observations. The current year never enters its own baseline. The first five years of a series have no complete reference window. Earlier readings plot without a seasonal reference. ## Methodology - Formula: seasonalAverage(t) = mean of same EIA week (±1 week) in the five complete years before t - Frequency: Weekly - Sources: Gasoline demand (4-week avg) (WGFUPUS2) https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WGFUPUS2&f=W; Five-year average (WGFUPUS2#seasonalAvg) https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WGFUPUS2&f=W. Data via the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). - Data through: 31 July 2026 - Last refreshed: 11 Aug 2026 Full interactive chart: https://pier20.com/benchmarks/us-gasoline-demand Disclaimer: research software output, not investment advice.