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Oil Prices in 2015: WTI & Brent History and Monthly Averages

WTI average
$48.66
EIA annual average
WTI vs prior year
−47.8%
2014: $93.17
Brent average
$52.32
EIA annual average
Brent vs prior year
−47.1%
2014: $98.97

WTI averaged $48.66 per barrel in 2015, down $44.51 (47.8%) from 2014; that was the lowest annual average since 2004.

Monthly average prices in 2015

Monthly averages and daily ranges, 2015 ($/bbl)
MonthWTI avgWTI highWTI lowBrent avgBrent − WTI (matched dates)WTI (September 2026 $)Brent (September 2026 $)
January$47.22$52.72$44.08$47.76+$0.54$68.08$68.86
February$50.58$53.56$47.65$58.10+$7.33$72.61$83.40
March$47.82$51.53$43.39$55.89+$8.06$68.24$79.75
April$54.45$59.62$49.13$59.52+$5.07$77.54$84.76
May$59.27$60.93$57.29$64.08+$4.81$83.98$90.79
June$59.82$61.36$58.00$61.48+$1.66$84.46$86.81
July$50.90$56.94$47.11$56.56+$5.55$71.86$79.85
August$42.87$49.20$38.22$46.52+$3.72$60.61$65.77
September$45.48$47.12$44.07$47.62+$2.20$64.40$67.43
October$46.22$49.67$43.19$48.43+$2.21$65.48$68.61
November$42.44$47.88$39.27$44.27+$1.88$60.25$62.85
December$37.19$41.08$34.55$38.01+$0.76$52.98$54.15

Monthly averages are EIA's published figures. Brent − WTI is the average over dates with both prices published, so it can differ from the difference between the two monthly averages. Inflation-adjusted columns use CPI-U for each month, expressed in September 2026 dollars; “—” means CPI-U for that month is not available.

The price moved by 5% or more in a single day 23 times. The steepest fall within the year ran from $61.36 on Jun 10, 2015 to $34.55 on Dec 21, 2015, a 44% drop. From $43.39 on Mar 17, 2015, WTI climbed to $61.36 by Jun 10, 2015, a 41% gain. Between June and July the monthly average fell $8.92, the largest month-to-month change of the year.

Brent averaged $52.32, down $46.65 (47.1%) from 2014, with daily prices from $35.26 to $66.33; on 254 matched dates it was on average $3.62 above WTI.

Monthly averages peaked early, at $59.82 in June, and bottomed at $37.19 in December. In September 2026 dollars (CPI-U), the 2015 average is $69.17, higher than 2025's real average by $0.74 (1.1%). The 2010s as a whole averaged $72.42, so 2015 ran below its decade. Of 40 complete years with an EIA annual average, 2015 ranks 19th highest.

2015 summary statistics

MeasureWTIBrentBrent − WTI
Average$48.66$52.32+$3.62
Change vs 2014 average−$44.51−$46.65−$2.14
Highest daily price$61.36 Jun 10, 2015$66.33 May 13, 2015—
Lowest daily price$34.55 Dec 21, 2015$35.26 Dec 22, 2015—
Highest daily spread——+$13.74 Feb 26, 2015
Lowest daily spread——−$2.67 Jan 14, 2015
First observation$52.72 Jan 2, 2015$55.38 Jan 2, 2015—
Last observation$37.13 Dec 31, 2015$36.61 Dec 31, 2015—
Published daily observations254257254 matched
Average in September 2026 dollars$69.17$74.38—

Daily spot prices in 2015

Show all 257 dates (Jan 2, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015)
DateWTIBrentBrent − WTI
Jan 2, 2015$52.72$55.38+$2.66
Jan 5, 2015$50.05$51.08+$1.03
Jan 6, 2015$47.98$50.12+$2.14
Jan 7, 2015$48.69$49.06+$0.37
Jan 8, 2015$48.80$49.43+$0.63
Jan 9, 2015$48.35$47.64−$0.71
Jan 12, 2015$46.06$46.90+$0.84
Jan 13, 2015$45.92$45.13−$0.79
Jan 14, 2015$48.49$45.82−$2.67
Jan 15, 2015$46.37$47.66+$1.29
Jan 16, 2015$48.49$47.38−$1.11
Jan 20, 2015$46.79$46.49−$0.30
Jan 21, 2015$47.85$46.50−$1.35
Jan 22, 2015$45.93$46.09+$0.16
Jan 23, 2015$45.26$46.69+$1.43
Jan 26, 2015$44.80$46.07+$1.27
Jan 27, 2015$45.84$46.55+$0.71
Jan 28, 2015$44.08$47.07+$2.99
Jan 29, 2015$44.12$46.61+$2.49
Jan 30, 2015$47.79$47.52−$0.27
Feb 2, 2015$49.25$51.74+$2.49
Feb 3, 2015$53.04$54.41+$1.37
Feb 4, 2015$48.45$55.07+$6.62
Feb 5, 2015$50.48$55.98+$5.50
Feb 6, 2015$51.66$55.88+$4.22
Feb 9, 2015$52.99$57.00+$4.01
Feb 10, 2015$50.06$55.79+$5.73
Feb 11, 2015$48.80$53.48+$4.68
Feb 12, 2015$51.17$56.23+$5.06
Feb 13, 2015$52.66$60.33+$7.67
Feb 16, 2015—$61.57—
Feb 17, 2015$53.56$60.78+$7.22
Feb 18, 2015$52.13$60.72+$8.59
Feb 19, 2015$51.12$58.78+$7.66
Feb 20, 2015$49.95$60.99+$11.04
Feb 23, 2015$49.56$59.78+$10.22
Feb 24, 2015$48.48$60.33+$11.85
Feb 25, 2015$50.25$59.77+$9.52
Feb 26, 2015$47.65$61.39+$13.74
Feb 27, 2015$49.84$61.89+$12.05
Mar 2, 2015$49.59$60.75+$11.16
Mar 3, 2015$50.43$61.18+$10.75
Mar 4, 2015$51.53$59.18+$7.65
Mar 5, 2015$50.76$60.33+$9.57
Mar 6, 2015$49.61$59.15+$9.54
Mar 9, 2015$49.95$58.67+$8.72
Mar 10, 2015$48.42$55.95+$7.53
Mar 11, 2015$48.06$56.46+$8.40
Mar 12, 2015$47.12$56.66+$9.54
Mar 13, 2015$44.88$54.80+$9.92
Mar 16, 2015$43.93$52.00+$8.07
Mar 17, 2015$43.39$52.17+$8.78
Mar 18, 2015$44.63$52.59+$7.96
Mar 19, 2015$44.02$52.96+$8.94
Mar 20, 2015$46.00$53.88+$7.88
Mar 23, 2015$47.40$53.82+$6.42
Mar 24, 2015$47.03$53.61+$6.58
Mar 25, 2015$48.75$54.18+$5.43
Mar 26, 2015$51.41$57.02+$5.61
Mar 27, 2015$48.83$56.44+$7.61
Mar 30, 2015$48.66$53.99+$5.33
Mar 31, 2015$47.72$53.69+$5.97
Apr 1, 2015$50.12$55.73+$5.61
Apr 2, 2015$49.13$55.73+$6.60
Apr 6, 2015$52.08$55.73+$3.65
Apr 7, 2015$53.95$57.55+$3.60
Apr 8, 2015$50.44$56.42+$5.98
Apr 9, 2015$50.79$56.04+$5.25
Apr 10, 2015$51.63$56.82+$5.19
Apr 13, 2015$51.95$57.14+$5.19
Apr 14, 2015$53.30$57.69+$4.39
Apr 15, 2015$56.25$59.32+$3.07
Apr 16, 2015$56.69$60.13+$3.44
Apr 17, 2015$55.71$61.31+$5.60
Apr 20, 2015$56.37$61.20+$4.83
Apr 21, 2015$55.58$60.12+$4.54
Apr 22, 2015$56.17$60.12+$3.95
Apr 23, 2015$56.59$62.66+$6.07
Apr 24, 2015$55.98$62.96+$6.98
Apr 27, 2015$55.56$62.86+$7.30
Apr 28, 2015$57.05$62.61+$5.56
Apr 29, 2015$58.55$63.97+$5.42
Apr 30, 2015$59.62$63.90+$4.28
May 1, 2015$59.10$64.13+$5.03
May 4, 2015$58.92$64.62+$5.70
May 5, 2015$60.38$65.44+$5.06
May 6, 2015$60.93$66.22+$5.29
May 7, 2015$58.99$64.93+$5.94
May 8, 2015$59.41$63.82+$4.41
May 11, 2015$59.23$62.82+$3.59
May 12, 2015$60.72$65.09+$4.37
May 13, 2015$60.50$66.33+$5.83
May 14, 2015$59.89$65.58+$5.69
May 15, 2015$59.73$64.69+$4.96
May 18, 2015$59.44$65.15+$5.71
May 19, 2015$57.30$63.48+$6.18
May 20, 2015$58.96$63.52+$4.56
May 21, 2015$60.18$64.70+$4.52
May 22, 2015$58.88$64.70+$5.82
May 26, 2015$57.29$61.65+$4.36
May 27, 2015$57.51$61.35+$3.84
May 28, 2015$57.69$60.12+$2.43
May 29, 2015$60.25$63.16+$2.91
Jun 1, 2015$60.24$62.87+$2.63
Jun 2, 2015$61.30$63.14+$1.84
Jun 3, 2015$59.67$62.78+$3.11
Jun 4, 2015$58.00$60.34+$2.34
Jun 5, 2015$59.11$60.36+$1.25
Jun 8, 2015$58.15$61.33+$3.18
Jun 9, 2015$60.15$63.23+$3.08
Jun 10, 2015$61.36$64.68+$3.32
Jun 11, 2015$60.74$63.76+$3.02
Jun 12, 2015$59.96$63.19+$3.23
Jun 15, 2015$59.53$60.99+$1.46
Jun 16, 2015$60.01$60.75+$0.74
Jun 17, 2015$59.89$60.75+$0.86
Jun 18, 2015$60.41$61.37+$0.96
Jun 19, 2015$59.62$59.41−$0.21
Jun 22, 2015$60.01$60.54+$0.53
Jun 23, 2015$61.05$61.67+$0.62
Jun 24, 2015$60.01$61.63+$1.62
Jun 25, 2015$59.59$60.24+$0.65
Jun 26, 2015$59.41$60.14+$0.73
Jun 29, 2015$58.34$59.03+$0.69
Jun 30, 2015$59.48$60.31+$0.83
Jul 1, 2015$56.94$61.65+$4.71
Jul 2, 2015$56.93$61.73+$4.80
Jul 3, 2015—$59.06—
Jul 6, 2015$52.48$57.19+$4.71
Jul 7, 2015$52.33$54.72+$2.39
Jul 8, 2015$51.61$55.70+$4.09
Jul 9, 2015$52.76$57.83+$5.07
Jul 10, 2015$52.74$57.72+$4.98
Jul 13, 2015$52.19$57.63+$5.44
Jul 14, 2015$53.05$57.20+$4.15
Jul 15, 2015$51.40$57.34+$5.94
Jul 16, 2015$50.90$57.31+$6.41
Jul 17, 2015$50.88$56.38+$5.50
Jul 20, 2015$50.11$56.42+$6.31
Jul 21, 2015$50.59$55.94+$5.35
Jul 22, 2015$49.27$56.36+$7.09
Jul 23, 2015$48.11$55.76+$7.65
Jul 24, 2015$47.98$54.29+$6.31
Jul 27, 2015$47.17$54.07+$6.90
Jul 28, 2015$47.97$54.30+$6.33
Jul 29, 2015$48.77$54.73+$5.96
Jul 30, 2015$48.53$54.29+$5.76
Jul 31, 2015$47.11$53.29+$6.18
Aug 3, 2015$45.25$49.49+$4.24
Aug 4, 2015$45.75$49.08+$3.33
Aug 5, 2015$45.13$49.04+$3.91
Aug 6, 2015$44.69$47.80+$3.11
Aug 7, 2015$43.87$47.54+$3.67
Aug 10, 2015$44.94$48.30+$3.36
Aug 11, 2015$43.11$47.33+$4.22
Aug 12, 2015$43.22$48.29+$5.07
Aug 13, 2015$42.27$48.01+$5.74
Aug 14, 2015$42.45$47.79+$5.34
Aug 17, 2015$41.93$47.77+$5.84
Aug 18, 2015$42.58$47.00+$4.42
Aug 19, 2015$40.75$45.75+$5.00
Aug 20, 2015$41.00$45.63+$4.63
Aug 21, 2015$40.45$43.84+$3.39
Aug 24, 2015$38.22$41.59+$3.37
Aug 25, 2015$39.15$41.86+$2.71
Aug 26, 2015$38.50$41.76+$3.26
Aug 27, 2015$42.47$44.46+$1.99
Aug 28, 2015$45.29$47.97+$2.68
Aug 31, 2015$49.20$47.97−$1.23
Sep 1, 2015$45.38$48.80+$3.42
Sep 2, 2015$46.30$47.67+$1.37
Sep 3, 2015$46.75$50.41+$3.66
Sep 4, 2015$46.02$48.59+$2.57
Sep 7, 2015—$46.42—
Sep 8, 2015$45.92$48.88+$2.96
Sep 9, 2015$44.13$48.04+$3.91
Sep 10, 2015$45.85$47.77+$1.92
Sep 11, 2015$44.75$46.87+$2.12
Sep 14, 2015$44.07$45.87+$1.80
Sep 15, 2015$44.58$45.91+$1.33
Sep 16, 2015$47.12$49.35+$2.23
Sep 17, 2015$46.93$48.27+$1.34
Sep 18, 2015$44.71$47.28+$2.57
Sep 21, 2015$46.67$47.64+$0.97
Sep 22, 2015$46.17$46.69+$0.52
Sep 23, 2015$44.53$48.00+$3.47
Sep 24, 2015$44.94$47.06+$2.12
Sep 25, 2015$45.55$47.28+$1.73
Sep 28, 2015$44.40$46.04+$1.64
Sep 29, 2015$45.24$47.58+$2.34
Sep 30, 2015$45.06$47.29+$2.23
Oct 1, 2015$44.75$47.48+$2.73
Oct 2, 2015$45.54$46.55+$1.01
Oct 5, 2015$46.28$49.45+$3.17
Oct 6, 2015$48.53$51.34+$2.81
Oct 7, 2015$47.86$51.66+$3.80
Oct 8, 2015$49.46$52.13+$2.67
Oct 9, 2015$49.67$52.08+$2.41
Oct 12, 2015$47.09$50.95+$3.86
Oct 13, 2015$46.70$48.94+$2.24
Oct 14, 2015$46.63$48.25+$1.62
Oct 15, 2015$46.38$47.87+$1.49
Oct 16, 2015$47.30$48.96+$1.66
Oct 19, 2015$45.91$47.51+$1.60
Oct 20, 2015$45.84$46.93+$1.09
Oct 21, 2015$45.22$46.72+$1.50
Oct 22, 2015$44.90$46.59+$1.69
Oct 23, 2015$43.91$46.30+$2.39
Oct 26, 2015$43.19$46.57+$3.38
Oct 27, 2015$43.21$45.54+$2.33
Oct 28, 2015$45.93$47.60+$1.67
Oct 29, 2015$46.02$48.04+$2.02
Oct 30, 2015$46.60$48.00+$1.40
Nov 2, 2015$46.12$47.91+$1.79
Nov 3, 2015$47.88$48.00+$0.12
Nov 4, 2015$46.32$46.96+$0.64
Nov 5, 2015$45.27$47.19+$1.92
Nov 6, 2015$44.32$46.09+$1.77
Nov 9, 2015$43.87$45.38+$1.51
Nov 10, 2015$44.23$46.44+$2.21
Nov 11, 2015$42.95$44.98+$2.03
Nov 12, 2015$41.74$44.98+$3.24
Nov 13, 2015$40.69$41.98+$1.29
Nov 16, 2015$41.68$40.28−$1.40
Nov 17, 2015$40.73$41.28+$0.55
Nov 18, 2015$40.75$41.45+$0.70
Nov 19, 2015$40.55$42.22+$1.67
Nov 20, 2015$39.39$42.49+$3.10
Nov 23, 2015$39.27$43.70+$4.43
Nov 24, 2015$40.89$44.38+$3.49
Nov 25, 2015$41.22$43.56+$2.34
Nov 26, 2015$41.22$43.55+$2.33
Nov 27, 2015$40.57$43.07+$2.50
Nov 30, 2015$40.43$43.73+$3.30
Dec 1, 2015$40.58$42.97+$2.39
Dec 2, 2015$39.93$41.92+$1.99
Dec 3, 2015$41.08$42.00+$0.92
Dec 4, 2015$40.00$41.44+$1.44
Dec 7, 2015$37.64$39.69+$2.05
Dec 8, 2015$37.46$39.44+$1.98
Dec 9, 2015$37.16$39.04+$1.88
Dec 10, 2015$36.76$38.65+$1.89
Dec 11, 2015$35.65$36.99+$1.34
Dec 14, 2015$36.31$36.51+$0.20
Dec 15, 2015$37.32$37.66+$0.34
Dec 16, 2015$35.55$36.96+$1.41
Dec 17, 2015$34.98$36.29+$1.31
Dec 18, 2015$34.72$36.76+$2.04
Dec 21, 2015$34.55$35.34+$0.79
Dec 22, 2015$36.12$35.26−$0.86
Dec 23, 2015$36.76$35.79−$0.97
Dec 24, 2015$37.62$37.22−$0.40
Dec 25, 2015$37.60$37.08−$0.52
Dec 28, 2015$36.36$37.08+$0.72
Dec 29, 2015$37.88$36.85−$1.03
Dec 30, 2015$36.59$35.65−$0.94
Dec 31, 2015$37.13$36.61−$0.52

“—” means EIA published no price for that benchmark on that date.

Price episode covering 2015: 2014–16 price decline

Source and methodology

ProviderSeriesUnitsCoverageLatest observation
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRWTC — WTI spot price FOB$/bblJan 2, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015Dec 31, 2015
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRBRTE — Brent spot price FOB$/bblJan 2, 2015 – Dec 31, 2015Dec 31, 2015
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCUUR0000SA0 — CPI-U, all items, NSAindex, 1982–84=100monthly and annual averageSeptember 2026

Inflation adjustment: real = nominal × CPI-U(September 2026) ÷ CPI-U(period). Annual figures use the BLS annual average CPI-U; a year without one uses the mean of the months published so far.

Last updated: Oct 21, 2026, 5:27 PM CDT. Raw values are shown in source units; any conversion is labeled. See methodology and data sources.

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