WTI crude oil: monthly price
Monthly average reference price according to the World Bank, in USD per barrel.
- Source
- World Bank (Pink Sheet) · CC BY 4.0
- Latest month published
- September 2026
- Frequency
- Monthly (monthly averages); not real time
- Next scheduled release
- 3 November 2026 (second working day of the month)
Initial snapshot data
World Bank edition of 2 October 2026. Monthly averages transcribed from the Pink Sheet PDF editions (Oct. 2025 to Oct. 2026) by the Commodity Pulse project (MIT code). Spot-checked against the official June 2026 edition (Brent, copper, gold and wheat for May 2026: they match). The connector replaces them with the full official workbook (from 1960). As soon as the connector downloads the official workbook you'll see the full published history.
- Latest month
- 96.90
- USD per barrel, September 2026
- Monthly change
- +17.2%
- Year-on-year change
- +52.1%
- 12-month range
- 57.90 – 99.10
- Volatility (36 months)
- 42.2%
- Annualised, historical; with 14 months of data
- Maximum drawdown (5 years)
- -19.9%
- From May 2026 to July 2026; with 15 months of data
Price chart
WTI crude oil
World Bank · Pink Sheet · USD per barrel · monthly average
96.90USD per barrel+14.20 (+17.17%)
September 2026 · vs August 2026 · 12 months: +52.12%
- Period high
- 99.10
- Period low
- 57.90
- 12-month high
- 99.10
- 12-month low
- 57.90
WTI crude oilAverage 386.33Average 1277.70
SignalsNo notable signals in the latest data point.Drag or use the wheel to zoom. Descriptive signals: they are not a forecast.
Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet). CC BY 4.0 licence. Derived calculations (changes, volatility, conversions) by Nemorgi; the World Bank doesn't endorse this service.
How to read this data
- Each point is the monthly average published by the World Bank, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
- Volatility is the standard deviation of monthly returns over the last 36 months, annualised (× √12). It needs at least 12 consecutive months.
- Maximum drawdown measures the largest fall from a previous peak over the last 5 years.
- These are historical, descriptive metrics: they don't predict the future price. See the methodology.
Source: World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet). CC BY 4.0 licence. Derived calculations (changes, volatility, conversions) by Nemorgi; the World Bank doesn't endorse this service.