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Heating oil prices in Michigan

The short answer

$4.50 a gallon on the Michigan print for the week ending 30 March 2026, published 30 March 2026 and checked 23 September 2026. That is $1.04 below the national figure. A 261 gallon fill here is $1,174.24.

State print

$4.50per gallon

Against national

down $1.04

261 gallon fill

$1,174.24

Rank of 21 states

5

Michigan prices in the lower half of the federal survey and gets almost no coverage from national heating oil sites. Its cold season is longer than Connecticut's and its price is materially lower.

EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program / EIA SHOPP weekly residential, Michigan / published 30 March 2026 / checked 23 September 2026 / lag 177 daysthree to six months oldtier A

State level print for the week ending 30 March 2026. The survey pauses after March, so this figure ages until the season resumes in October.

Where this sits

Of the twenty one states with a published print for this week, Michigan ranks 5. The cheapest is Nebraska at $3.97 and the dearest is Delaware at $5.91, a spread of $1.94 a gallon. On a 261 gallon fill that national spread is worth $506.60.

150 gallons

$674.85

261 gallons

$1,174.24

314 gallons

$1,412.69

523 gallons

$2,352.98

The market here

Oil is a minority off-grid fuel behind propane. The Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula are the oil-heated parts.

Fuel rules

No statewide blend mandate.

Ordering

Upper Peninsula delivery distances are long enough that a scheduled round beats will-call on price. State Emergency Relief can cover a delivery for a household facing a dry tank, and it is a same-season application.

The last sixty weeks

8 Apr 2024 to 30 Mar 2026 / 60 readings

low 2.958$ / high 4.558$

Sixty weekly prints for Michigan, colored by position in the range. Flat stretches are the summer pause, not a stable price.

Kerosene scale / 60 week window / colour is price level, never anything else

$2.958 to $3.029bottom fifth of the range
$3.029 to $3.104second fifth
$3.104 to $3.149middle fifth
$3.149 to $3.278fourth fifth
$3.278 to $4.558top fifth, dearest

Bands are quintiles of the 60 week window in dollars per gallon. There is no red and green pair anywhere on this site. Direction is carried by the delta glyph in the text, not by colour.

The last five seasons

SeasonAverageLowPeak261 gallon fill at the average
2021-22$3.38$3.07$4.45$882.70
2022-23$4.16$3.57$5.11$1,084.98
2023-24$3.52$3.16$3.88$918.98
2024-25$3.09$3.00$3.20$807.01
2025-26$3.38$2.98$4.56$881.66
October to March season averages for Michigan.

The state survey and the federal print

Michigan points at the EIA weekly state series. Where a state runs its own dealer survey it usually samples more dealers than the federal collection does in that state, so the two figures will not match exactly and neither is wrong. Use the state survey to sanity check a quote in the week you order, and the federal series to compare across states.

Assistance

Help here runs through Michigan State Emergency Relief. Applications go to the state, never to the federal office, and for a delivered fuel the benefit is normally paid to a participating dealer against a delivery rather than to the household.

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