How much is heating oil in Pennsylvania?
$3.44 a gallon on average across the 2025 to 2026 heating season, in the weekly survey the EIA runs from October to March. That is 16 cents a gallon above the winter before.
Heating oil prices in Pennsylvania
26 weeks surveyed, from a low of $3.24 to a high of $5.20. The last week, ending Mar 30, 2026, came in at $5.16, 50 percent above the season's own average.
EIA surveys heating oil dealers in Pennsylvania directly, so this is Pennsylvania's own weekly price.
The closing weeks of a season are not what the winter cost. The last week the EIA surveyed, ending Mar 30, 2026, came in at $5.16, 50 percent above the season's own average, which is why the season leads here rather than the closing week.
The EIA surveys dealers October through March. The 2025 to 2026 season closed on Mar 30, 2026 and weekly prices resume in October 2026, so the season is shown in full rather than one stale week.
Against other states13th dearest of the 21 states EIA surveys for heating oil.
Same EIA regionDelaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York
Heating oil prices in Pennsylvania, winter by winter
Each winter is one point: the average of the weeks surveyed, with the band behind it showing how far the price travelled inside that season. The band is usually the more useful half of the picture, because a household buying in November and a household buying in February are not paying the same winter's price. The 2025 to 2026 season came out 10th cheapest of the 12 on record here.
When is heating oil cheapest in Pennsylvania?
Across the 5 heating seasons on record here, October has averaged the cheapest month and March the dearest, a spread of 63 cents a gallon. That is an average of real weeks rather than a forecast: a cold snap or a move in the distillate market can turn any single winter the other way, and a tank that runs dry in January does not get to wait for October.
Is propane cheaper than heating oil in Pennsylvania?
Per gallon the two prices are not comparable, because a gallon of propane carries about two thirds the heat of a gallon of heating oil. Converted to what a million Btu costs, on each fuel's 2025 to 2026 season average in Pennsylvania:
| Fuel | A gallon | Btu in a gallon | Per million Btu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heating oilCheaper heat | $3.44 | 138,500 | $24.86 |
| Propane | $2.90 | 91,452 | $31.75 |
Propane is the lower number a gallon and the dearer heat: a gallon of it carries about two thirds the energy. Heating oil came out 28 percent cheaper per unit of heat, a gap of $6.89 per million Btu. Conversion factors from the British thermal units, U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Appliance efficiency is the piece this does not cover, and it can be worth more than the price gap: the same gallon in a newer burner buys more heat. Switching fuels means new equipment, so for most households this is a comparison of what they are already paying rather than a decision to make this winter.
Propane in Pennsylvania$2.90 a gallon across the 2025 to 2026 season.State price
How much heating oil Pennsylvania homes burn
Pennsylvania households burned 519 million gallons of heating oil in 2024, 2nd of the 48 states that burn any. That is 18 percent down on 2015, 9 years earlier. Consumption is the half of this story a price cannot tell: it is what decides whether a state has a dealer on every road or one that drives an hour.
Pennsylvania heating fuel questions
More of the heating season in Pennsylvania
Heating fuel prices in every state
Prices from the State Heating Oil and Propane Program, U.S. Energy Information Administration (heating oil series), compiled 2026-09-22; the newest week shown ends Mar 30, 2026. Household consumption from the State Energy Data System, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2024. The EIA figure is a residential price averaged across dealers in the survey area, so an individual quote, a pre buy contract or a delivery minimum will read differently. Every state is in the heating fuel prices by state table.