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Oil Prices in 2019: WTI & Brent History and Monthly Averages

WTI average
$57.00
EIA annual average
WTI vs prior year
−12.6%
2018: $65.23
Brent average
$64.30
EIA annual average
Brent vs prior year
−9.9%
2018: $71.34

WTI averaged $57.00 per barrel in 2019, down $8.23 (12.6%) from 2018; that was the lowest annual average since 2017.

Monthly average prices in 2019

Monthly averages and daily ranges, 2019 ($/bbl)
MonthWTI avgWTI highWTI lowBrent avgBrent − WTI (matched dates)WTI (September 2026 $)Brent (September 2026 $)
January$51.38$54.18$46.31$59.41+$8.01$68.78$79.53
February$54.95$57.21$52.43$63.96+$8.97$73.25$85.26
March$58.15$60.19$55.76$66.14+$7.99$77.08$87.67
April$63.86$66.24$61.59$71.23+$7.37$84.20$93.92
May$60.83$63.55$53.49$71.32+$10.45$80.03$93.84
June$54.66$59.18$51.13$64.22+$9.56$71.90$84.48
July$57.35$60.28$55.08$63.92+$6.56$75.31$83.94
August$54.81$57.05$51.14$59.04+$4.24$71.98$77.54
September$56.95$63.10$53.91$62.83+$5.97$74.73$82.45
October$53.96$56.52$52.41$59.71+$5.75$70.65$78.18
November$57.03$58.36$54.93$63.21+$6.11$74.71$82.80
December$59.88$61.76$55.97$67.31+$7.43$78.51$88.26

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.

Although the annual average fell, prices ended the year higher than they started: $46.31 on Jan 2, 2019 against $61.14 on Dec 31, 2019. From $46.31 on Jan 2, 2019, WTI climbed to $66.24 by Apr 23, 2019, a 43% gain. The steepest fall within the year ran from $66.24 on Apr 23, 2019 to $51.13 on Jun 12, 2019, a 23% drop. The largest one-day move was +$8.34 on Sep 16, 2019 (+15.2%).

Brent carried a wide premium over WTI in 2019, averaging $7.36 more on 256 matched dates, with the widest daily gap $13.29 on May 31, 2019. Brent averaged $64.30, down $7.04 (9.9%) from 2018.

The monthly average was lowest in January ($51.38) and highest in April ($63.86). In September 2026 dollars (CPI-U), the 2019 average is $75.12, higher than 2025's real average by $6.69 (9.8%). The 2010s as a whole averaged $72.42, so 2019 ran below its decade. Of 40 complete years with an EIA annual average, 2019 ranks 16th highest.

2019 summary statistics

MeasureWTIBrentBrent − WTI
Average$57.00$64.30+$7.36
Change vs 2018 average−$8.23−$7.04+$1.24
Highest daily price$66.24 Apr 23, 2019$74.94 Apr 25, 2019—
Lowest daily price$46.31 Jan 2, 2019$53.23 Jan 3, 2019—
Highest daily spread——+$13.29 May 31, 2019
Lowest daily spread——+$2.15 Aug 12, 2019
First observation$46.31 Jan 2, 2019$54.06 Jan 2, 2019—
Last observation$61.14 Dec 31, 2019$67.77 Dec 31, 2019—
Published daily observations256259256 matched
Average in September 2026 dollars$75.12$84.74—

Daily spot prices in 2019

Show all 259 dates (Jan 2, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019)
DateWTIBrentBrent − WTI
Jan 2, 2019$46.31$54.06+$7.75
Jan 3, 2019$46.92$53.23+$6.31
Jan 4, 2019$47.76$55.64+$7.88
Jan 7, 2019$48.27$57.10+$8.83
Jan 8, 2019$49.58$56.91+$7.33
Jan 9, 2019$52.19$59.46+$7.27
Jan 10, 2019$52.42$60.47+$8.05
Jan 11, 2019$51.44$59.24+$7.80
Jan 14, 2019$50.31$58.80+$8.49
Jan 15, 2019$51.80$58.65+$6.85
Jan 16, 2019$52.08$59.81+$7.73
Jan 17, 2019$51.83$59.85+$8.02
Jan 18, 2019$53.60$62.04+$8.44
Jan 21, 2019$51.83$62.18+$10.35
Jan 22, 2019$52.59$60.90+$8.31
Jan 23, 2019$52.44$61.05+$8.61
Jan 24, 2019$52.94$61.09+$8.15
Jan 25, 2019$53.53$61.49+$7.96
Jan 28, 2019$51.79$59.71+$7.92
Jan 29, 2019$53.07$60.98+$7.91
Jan 30, 2019$54.18$61.89+$7.71
Jan 31, 2019$53.84$62.46+$8.62
Feb 1, 2019$55.29$61.86+$6.57
Feb 4, 2019$54.57$62.26+$7.69
Feb 5, 2019$53.69$61.67+$7.98
Feb 6, 2019$53.94$62.22+$8.28
Feb 7, 2019$52.68$61.01+$8.33
Feb 8, 2019$52.75$61.37+$8.62
Feb 11, 2019$52.43$61.30+$8.87
Feb 12, 2019$53.14$62.58+$9.44
Feb 13, 2019$53.84$63.27+$9.43
Feb 14, 2019$54.40$64.00+$9.60
Feb 15, 2019$55.58$65.65+$10.07
Feb 18, 2019$55.58$66.41+$10.83
Feb 19, 2019$56.12$65.86+$9.74
Feb 20, 2019$56.90$66.82+$9.92
Feb 21, 2019$56.95$66.91+$9.96
Feb 22, 2019$57.01$66.91+$9.90
Feb 25, 2019$55.32$64.02+$8.70
Feb 26, 2019$55.40$64.51+$9.11
Feb 27, 2019$56.92$65.55+$8.63
Feb 28, 2019$57.21$65.03+$7.82
Mar 1, 2019$55.76$63.71+$7.95
Mar 4, 2019$56.60$64.44+$7.84
Mar 5, 2019$56.55$64.24+$7.69
Mar 6, 2019$56.22$64.51+$8.29
Mar 7, 2019$56.60$64.82+$8.22
Mar 8, 2019$55.77$65.66+$9.89
Mar 11, 2019$56.79$65.06+$8.27
Mar 12, 2019$56.89$65.33+$8.44
Mar 13, 2019$58.27$65.89+$7.62
Mar 14, 2019$58.59$66.18+$7.59
Mar 15, 2019$58.51$66.11+$7.60
Mar 18, 2019$59.09$66.65+$7.56
Mar 19, 2019$59.12$67.13+$8.01
Mar 20, 2019$60.12$68.35+$8.23
Mar 21, 2019$59.98$68.30+$8.32
Mar 22, 2019$58.87$66.29+$7.42
Mar 25, 2019$58.71$67.37+$8.66
Mar 26, 2019$59.87$67.51+$7.64
Mar 27, 2019$59.39$67.35+$7.96
Mar 28, 2019$59.29$66.08+$6.79
Mar 29, 2019$60.19$67.93+$7.74
Apr 1, 2019$61.59$69.08+$7.49
Apr 2, 2019$62.53$69.68+$7.15
Apr 3, 2019$62.46$69.21+$6.75
Apr 4, 2019$62.12$69.80+$7.68
Apr 5, 2019$63.10$69.93+$6.83
Apr 8, 2019$64.37$71.12+$6.75
Apr 9, 2019$64.05$71.02+$6.97
Apr 10, 2019$64.62$71.63+$7.01
Apr 11, 2019$63.61$71.30+$7.69
Apr 12, 2019$63.86$71.57+$7.71
Apr 15, 2019$63.43$70.90+$7.47
Apr 16, 2019$64.01$70.74+$6.73
Apr 17, 2019$63.74$71.14+$7.40
Apr 18, 2019$64.02$70.71+$6.69
Apr 22, 2019$65.66$70.71+$5.05
Apr 23, 2019$66.24$74.39+$8.15
Apr 24, 2019$65.96$73.59+$7.63
Apr 25, 2019$65.23$74.94+$9.71
Apr 26, 2019$63.29$71.03+$7.74
Apr 29, 2019$63.39$71.22+$7.83
Apr 30, 2019$63.83$72.19+$8.36
May 1, 2019$63.55$72.01+$8.46
May 2, 2019$61.75$70.56+$8.81
May 3, 2019$61.98$71.95+$9.97
May 6, 2019$62.30$71.95+$9.65
May 7, 2019$61.41$70.98+$9.57
May 8, 2019$62.13$71.09+$8.96
May 9, 2019$61.58$70.61+$9.03
May 10, 2019$61.65$71.63+$9.98
May 13, 2019$60.97$72.35+$11.38
May 14, 2019$61.82$72.53+$10.71
May 15, 2019$62.03$73.09+$11.06
May 16, 2019$62.93$74.70+$11.77
May 17, 2019$62.77$73.94+$11.17
May 20, 2019$63.12$73.21+$10.09
May 21, 2019$63.02$72.94+$9.92
May 22, 2019$61.42$71.94+$10.52
May 23, 2019$57.65$68.37+$10.72
May 24, 2019$58.40$67.98+$9.58
May 27, 2019$58.40$67.98+$9.58
May 28, 2019$58.91$70.19+$11.28
May 29, 2019$58.84$70.64+$11.80
May 30, 2019$56.47$69.55+$13.08
May 31, 2019$53.49$66.78+$13.29
Jun 3, 2019$53.25$63.16+$9.91
Jun 4, 2019$53.50$63.56+$10.06
Jun 5, 2019$51.57$62.14+$10.57
Jun 6, 2019$52.59$62.77+$10.18
Jun 7, 2019$53.95$64.10+$10.15
Jun 10, 2019$53.33$64.31+$10.98
Jun 11, 2019$53.30$63.56+$10.26
Jun 12, 2019$51.13$61.66+$10.53
Jun 13, 2019$52.38$63.28+$10.90
Jun 14, 2019$52.47$63.13+$10.66
Jun 17, 2019$51.94$62.56+$10.62
Jun 18, 2019$53.86$63.35+$9.49
Jun 19, 2019$53.74$62.85+$9.11
Jun 20, 2019$56.88$65.44+$8.56
Jun 21, 2019$57.35$65.99+$8.64
Jun 24, 2019$57.73$65.16+$7.43
Jun 25, 2019$57.63$66.24+$8.61
Jun 26, 2019$59.17$66.85+$7.68
Jun 27, 2019$59.18$66.78+$7.60
Jun 28, 2019$58.20$67.52+$9.32
Jul 1, 2019$58.91$65.10+$6.19
Jul 2, 2019$56.00$62.72+$6.72
Jul 3, 2019$57.06$63.53+$6.47
Jul 4, 2019—$63.62—
Jul 5, 2019—$64.23—
Jul 8, 2019$57.35$64.89+$7.54
Jul 9, 2019$57.57$64.30+$6.73
Jul 10, 2019$60.28$66.41+$6.13
Jul 11, 2019$59.93$67.64+$7.71
Jul 12, 2019$59.99$66.65+$6.66
Jul 15, 2019$59.30$66.86+$7.56
Jul 16, 2019$57.44$65.87+$8.43
Jul 17, 2019$56.50$63.67+$7.17
Jul 18, 2019$55.08$60.70+$5.62
Jul 19, 2019$55.42$61.04+$5.62
Jul 22, 2019$55.87$61.96+$6.09
Jul 23, 2019$56.58$62.28+$5.70
Jul 24, 2019$55.90$63.83+$7.93
Jul 25, 2019$55.88$63.47+$7.59
Jul 26, 2019$56.04$62.46+$6.42
Jul 29, 2019$56.85$62.29+$5.44
Jul 30, 2019$58.04$62.55+$4.51
Jul 31, 2019$58.53$64.07+$5.54
Aug 1, 2019$53.64$62.90+$9.26
Aug 2, 2019$55.67$61.12+$5.45
Aug 5, 2019$54.63$59.32+$4.69
Aug 6, 2019$53.60$58.63+$5.03
Aug 7, 2019$51.14$55.03+$3.89
Aug 8, 2019$52.60$56.29+$3.69
Aug 9, 2019$54.41$57.37+$2.96
Aug 12, 2019$54.98$57.13+$2.15
Aug 13, 2019$57.05$59.90+$2.85
Aug 14, 2019$55.16$57.86+$2.70
Aug 15, 2019$54.51$57.37+$2.86
Aug 16, 2019$54.83$59.00+$4.17
Aug 19, 2019$56.24$59.79+$3.55
Aug 20, 2019$56.18$59.03+$2.85
Aug 21, 2019$55.65$60.60+$4.95
Aug 22, 2019$55.33$59.81+$4.48
Aug 23, 2019$54.08$58.64+$4.56
Aug 26, 2019$53.54$58.64+$5.10
Aug 27, 2019$54.99$58.44+$3.45
Aug 28, 2019$55.76$60.42+$4.66
Aug 29, 2019$56.67$60.59+$3.92
Aug 30, 2019$55.07$61.04+$5.97
Sep 2, 2019$55.07$58.55+$3.48
Sep 3, 2019$53.91$57.93+$4.02
Sep 4, 2019$56.22$60.68+$4.46
Sep 5, 2019$56.33$62.70+$6.37
Sep 6, 2019$56.45$61.28+$4.83
Sep 9, 2019$57.88$63.99+$6.11
Sep 10, 2019$57.37$64.67+$7.30
Sep 11, 2019$55.66$63.02+$7.36
Sep 12, 2019$55.13$60.76+$5.63
Sep 13, 2019$54.76$61.25+$6.49
Sep 16, 2019$63.10$68.42+$5.32
Sep 17, 2019$59.26$65.59+$6.33
Sep 18, 2019$58.19$64.29+$6.10
Sep 19, 2019$58.19$64.25+$6.06
Sep 20, 2019$57.92$65.23+$7.31
Sep 23, 2019$58.69$64.66+$5.97
Sep 24, 2019$57.22$64.13+$6.91
Sep 25, 2019$56.38$62.41+$6.03
Sep 26, 2019$56.24$62.08+$5.84
Sep 27, 2019$55.95$62.48+$6.53
Sep 30, 2019$54.09$60.99+$6.90
Oct 1, 2019$53.60$60.06+$6.46
Oct 2, 2019$52.67$57.92+$5.25
Oct 3, 2019$52.41$58.01+$5.60
Oct 4, 2019$52.84$59.13+$6.29
Oct 7, 2019$52.76$59.46+$6.70
Oct 8, 2019$52.64$58.14+$5.50
Oct 9, 2019$52.63$59.70+$7.07
Oct 10, 2019$53.57$59.08+$5.51
Oct 11, 2019$54.76$60.59+$5.83
Oct 14, 2019$53.57$58.81+$5.24
Oct 15, 2019$52.81$59.19+$6.38
Oct 16, 2019$53.42$59.30+$5.88
Oct 17, 2019$53.89$59.35+$5.46
Oct 18, 2019$53.75$59.96+$6.21
Oct 21, 2019$53.28$58.95+$5.67
Oct 22, 2019$54.21$60.50+$6.29
Oct 23, 2019$55.90$60.52+$4.62
Oct 24, 2019$56.11$61.71+$5.60
Oct 25, 2019$56.52$62.06+$5.54
Oct 28, 2019$55.60$60.39+$4.79
Oct 29, 2019$55.34$61.05+$5.71
Oct 30, 2019$54.85$60.22+$5.37
Oct 31, 2019$54.02$59.30+$5.28
Nov 1, 2019$56.04$60.17+$4.13
Nov 4, 2019$56.33$62.52+$6.19
Nov 5, 2019$57.04$62.72+$5.68
Nov 6, 2019$56.15$62.11+$5.96
Nov 7, 2019$56.91$62.60+$5.69
Nov 8, 2019$57.02$62.00+$4.98
Nov 11, 2019$56.61$62.58+$5.97
Nov 12, 2019$56.67$62.19+$5.52
Nov 13, 2019$56.88$62.27+$5.39
Nov 14, 2019$56.57$62.46+$5.89
Nov 15, 2019$57.54$63.32+$5.78
Nov 18, 2019$56.82$62.82+$6.00
Nov 19, 2019$54.93$62.37+$7.44
Nov 20, 2019$56.71$63.80+$7.09
Nov 21, 2019$58.36$64.99+$6.63
Nov 22, 2019$57.68$64.83+$7.15
Nov 25, 2019$57.79$64.67+$6.88
Nov 26, 2019$58.25$64.82+$6.57
Nov 27, 2019$58.12$65.03+$6.91
Nov 28, 2019—$64.68—
Nov 29, 2019$58.12$64.50+$6.38
Dec 2, 2019$55.97$63.20+$7.23
Dec 3, 2019$56.15$62.95+$6.80
Dec 4, 2019$58.46$65.25+$6.79
Dec 5, 2019$58.42$65.67+$7.25
Dec 6, 2019$59.20$66.50+$7.30
Dec 9, 2019$58.99$66.44+$7.45
Dec 10, 2019$59.22$66.57+$7.35
Dec 11, 2019$58.74$65.37+$6.63
Dec 12, 2019$59.18$66.67+$7.49
Dec 13, 2019$60.11$67.44+$7.33
Dec 16, 2019$60.21$68.04+$7.83
Dec 17, 2019$60.88$68.99+$8.11
Dec 18, 2019$60.93$69.12+$8.19
Dec 19, 2019$61.30$69.70+$8.40
Dec 20, 2019$60.43$68.66+$8.23
Dec 23, 2019$60.51$67.49+$6.98
Dec 24, 2019$61.17$69.26+$8.09
Dec 25, 2019$61.17$69.26+$8.09
Dec 26, 2019$61.72$69.26+$7.54
Dec 27, 2019$61.76$68.91+$7.15
Dec 30, 2019$61.66$68.30+$6.64
Dec 31, 2019$61.14$67.77+$6.63

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

Source and methodology

ProviderSeriesUnitsCoverageLatest observation
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRWTC — WTI spot price FOB$/bblJan 2, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationRBRTE — Brent spot price FOB$/bblJan 2, 2019 – Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
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.

Download:2019 daily prices (CSV)