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Coal to US Diesel Ratio
The coal to us diesel ratio is 24.13 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Diesel at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to US Diesel ratio
1.000 T of coal = 24.128 gal of us diesel
Inverse (DIESEL-US/COAL): 0.04144 — one Gallon of us diesel buys that much coal.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (10th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
US Diesel
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us diesel per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:30:37 GMT.
1Y average
26.72
median 26.12
1Y low
23.81
Aug 17, 2026
1Y high
30.66
Jun 29, 2026
Normal band
24.38–29.06
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.11σ
10 observations
Coal to US Diesel ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/DIESEL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / US Diesel price chart below.
COAL/DIESEL-US ratio line
How many gal of US Diesel one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/DIESEL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/DIESEL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal and US Diesel prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the coal to us diesel ratio
Coal to US Diesel ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ US Diesel price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us diesel per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $5.45 = 24.13. The inverse is 0.04144.
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|---|---|---|---|
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Frequently asked questions
What is the coal to us diesel ratio today?
The coal to us diesel ratio is 24.13 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Diesel at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to us diesel ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton by the us diesel price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us diesel per Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to us diesel ratio?
The inverse, us diesel to coal, is 0.04144 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Gallon of us diesel buys.