Diesel Fuel Weight Calculator: How Much Diesel Weighs? (Gallons -> Lbs)

At gas stations, the diesel pump measures volume (gallons), not weight (lbs). To figure out, for example, how much 10 gallons of diesel weighs, we need to account for diesel density.

To help you calculate the diesel fuel weight, we have created these 2 tools you can freely use:

1. Diesel Fuel Weight Calculator. Just enter the volume of diesel in gallons, pick the type of diesel (gas stations usually hold 2D diesel; most of the time, you will pick that), and you will get what the diesel fuel weighs immediately.
2. Diesel Fuel Weight Chart. We calculated how much 1 to 100 gallons of diesel fuel weighs and summarized all the results in a neat diesel fuel gallons to lbs chart.

Quick Example: How much does 5 gallons of diesel fuel (2D diesel) weigh? 2D diesel has 7.09 lb/gallon density at standard 59°F temperature (that means that 1 gallon of diesel weighs 7.09 lb). That means that 5 gallons of diesel weighs 5 gallons × 7.09 lb/gallon = 35.45 lbs.

This is how you can calculate diesel fuel by hand (and nobody does that by hand). It’s much easier to use the following calculator or just consult the gallon to lbs diesel fuel chart below this calculator:

Here is how you can use this calculator:

Let’s say you pumped 8 gallons of diesel at the gas station. This is the 2D type of diesel. To calculate how much these 8 gallons of diesel weigh, you just insert ‘8’ in the gallons input field, pick ‘2D Diesel’, and you get this result (screenshot):

You can see right away that 8 gallons of diesel weigh 56.72 lbs. This is the standard 2D diesel at the standard 59°F temperature.

This is just one example. We calculated the weight of 1 to 100 gallons of diesel, and summarized all the results in this chart:

Diesel Gallons To lbs Chart (For Standard 2D Diesel)

With this chart, or the calculator above, you can now quite easily calculate how much any gallons of diesel fuel weigh. If you need any help with the calculations, you can use the comment section below, tells us what you want to do, and we can give you a hand.