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US Diesel to Cotton Ratio
The us diesel to cotton ratio is 6.364 — US Diesel at $5.60 per Gallon divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound.
Prices as of Sep 5, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
US Diesel to Cotton ratio
1.000 gal of us diesel = 6.364 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/DIESEL-US): 0.1571 — one Pound of cotton buys that much us diesel.
Close to the middle of its 1 year range. (62th percentile of the last 1 year)
US Diesel
$5.60
per Gallon
Cotton
$0.8800
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Gallon ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Gallon of us diesel. Prices as of Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:10:08 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
1Y average
6.281
median 6.337
1Y low
5.783
Jul 13, 2026
1Y high
6.855
Jun 8, 2026
Normal band
5.997–6.564
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+0.29σ
13 observations
US Diesel to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the DIESEL-US/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the US Diesel / Cotton price chart below.
DIESEL-US/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one gal of US Diesel buys, over 1Y.
DIESEL-US/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the DIESEL-US/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
US Diesel and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the us diesel to cotton ratio
US Diesel to Cotton ratio = US Diesel price per Gallon ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Gallon of us diesel — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $5.60 ÷ $0.8800 = 6.364. The inverse is 0.1571.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the us diesel to cotton ratio today?
The us diesel to cotton ratio is 6.364 — US Diesel at $5.60 per Gallon divided by Cotton at $0.8800 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the us diesel to cotton ratio?
Divide the us diesel price per Gallon by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Gallon of us diesel.
What is the inverse of the us diesel to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to us diesel, is 0.1571 — how many Gallons of us diesel one Pound of cotton buys.