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Coal to US Residential Heating Oil Ratio
The coal to us residential heating oil ratio is 23.74 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Residential Heating Oil at $5.54 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Coal to US Residential Heating Oil ratio
1.000 T of coal = 23.736 gal of us residential heating oil
Inverse (HEATOIL-RES-US/COAL): 0.04213 — one Gallon of us residential heating oil buys that much coal.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Coal
$131.50
per Metric Ton
US Residential Heating Oil
$5.54
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Metric Ton ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us residential heating oil per Metric Ton of coal. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:35:41 GMT.
1Y average
27.78
median 28.37
1Y low
25.22
Mar 23, 2026
1Y high
32.32
Mar 2, 2026
Normal band
25.80–29.77
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.04σ
10 observations
Coal to US Residential Heating Oil ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the COAL/HEATOIL-RES-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Coal / US Residential Heating Oil price chart below.
COAL/HEATOIL-RES-US ratio line
How many gal of US Residential Heating Oil one T of Coal buys, over 1Y.
COAL/HEATOIL-RES-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the COAL/HEATOIL-RES-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Coal and US Residential Heating Oil 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 residential heating oil ratio
Coal to US Residential Heating Oil ratio = Coal price per Metric Ton ÷ US Residential Heating Oil price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us residential heating oil per Metric Ton of coal — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $131.50 ÷ $5.54 = 23.74. The inverse is 0.04213.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4640.70 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 68.90 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.88 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.78 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1883.84 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1350.90 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the coal to us residential heating oil ratio today?
The coal to us residential heating oil ratio is 23.74 — Coal at $131.50 per Metric Ton divided by US Residential Heating Oil at $5.54 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the coal to us residential heating oil ratio?
Divide the coal price per Metric Ton by the us residential heating oil price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us residential heating oil per Metric Ton of coal.
What is the inverse of the coal to us residential heating oil ratio?
The inverse, us residential heating oil to coal, is 0.04213 — how many Metric Tons of coal one Gallon of us residential heating oil buys.