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Natural Gas Futures to US ULSD Retail Ratio
The natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.5064 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.76 per Million British Thermal Units divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Natural Gas Futures to US ULSD Retail ratio
1.000 MMBtu of natural gas futures = 0.5064 gal of us ulsd retail
Inverse (ULSD-RETAIL-US/NG-FUT): 1.975 — one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys that much natural gas futures.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
Natural Gas Futures
$2.76
per Million British Thermal Units
US ULSD Retail
$5.45
per Gallon
Unit basis: USD per Million British Thermal Units ÷ USD per Gallon. The ratio reads as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:36:09 GMT.
1Y average
0.5911
median 0.6008
1Y low
0.5083
Aug 17, 2026
1Y high
0.7140
Jul 6, 2026
Normal band
0.5229–0.6594
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-1.24σ
11 observations
Natural Gas Futures to US ULSD Retail ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the NG-FUT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Natural Gas Futures / US ULSD Retail price chart below.
NG-FUT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio line
How many gal of US ULSD Retail one MMBtu of Natural Gas Futures buys, over 1Y.
NG-FUT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the NG-FUT/ULSD-RETAIL-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
Natural Gas Futures and US ULSD Retail prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio
Natural Gas Futures to US ULSD Retail ratio = Natural Gas Futures price per Million British Thermal Units ÷ US ULSD Retail price per Gallon
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Gallons of us ulsd retail per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $2.76 ÷ $5.45 = 0.5064. The inverse is 1.975.
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Live prices behind the ratio
| # | Symbol | Name | Rate (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XAU | Gold | 4647.62 |
| 2 | XAG | Silver | 69.00 |
| 3 | WTIOIL-FUT | Crude Oil WTI Futures | 85.69 |
| 4 | BRENTOIL-FUT | Crude Oil Brent Futures | 92.75 |
| 5 | NG-FUT | Natural Gas Futures | 2.77 |
| 6 | PL | Platinum | 1885.63 |
| 7 | PA | Palladium | 1351.00 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio today?
The natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio is 0.5064 — Natural Gas Futures at $2.76 per Million British Thermal Units divided by US ULSD Retail at $5.45 per Gallon, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio?
Divide the natural gas futures price per Million British Thermal Units by the us ulsd retail price per Gallon. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Gallons of us ulsd retail per Million British Thermal Units of natural gas futures.
What is the inverse of the natural gas futures to us ulsd retail ratio?
The inverse, us ulsd retail to natural gas futures, is 1.975 — how many Million British Thermal Unitss of natural gas futures one Gallon of us ulsd retail buys.