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Toyota Highlander MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 36 MPG combined in 2020–2024, the hybrid Highlander Hybrid. Its weakest year peaked at 22 MPG (2001–2005).

Toyota Highlander: best and lowest EPA combined MPG of its versions, model years 2001–2026152025303540MPG200420082020202320012005201020152020202636 MPG peakToyota Highlander: best and lowest EPA combined MPG by model year152025303540MPG2001200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
lowest to best versionbest versionbest version is a hybridmedian of its classengine list turned over
428.6 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version, the Highlander Hybrid AWD. Put it next to its 2001 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Toyota Highlander has EPA ratings for 26 model years, 2001–2026, most often among SUVs. Its best version had the highest combined rating among standard SUVs in 2013–2015 and 2020–2023, and it placed in its class top five in 24 model years. In 2023 the Ford Explorer and the Volvo XC90 came next among 52 standard SUVs.

The first hybrid version of the Highlander arrived in 2006, when 5 of 72 SUVs offered one. Averaged over 2024–2026, its best version placed second of 53 among standard SUVs rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the top five in three other five-year spans.

Among 58 standard SUVs, 2026

The Highlander placed third. The class leader was the Jeep Cherokee at 37 MPG. The next higher rating, 36 MPG, belongs to the Toyota Grand Highlander.

Best EPA combined MPG of each of the 58 standard SUVs rated for 20261520253035Highlander 35median 21CherokeeBest EPA combined MPG of each of the 58 standard SUVs rated for 20261520253035Highlander 35median 21

The Highlander, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed in the class it sat in most often.

1999–03sixth of 47SUVs
2004–08fourth of 75SUVs
2009–13fourth of 88SUVs
2014–18second of 38standard SUVs
2019–23eighth of 70small SUVs
2024–26second of 53standard SUVs

Where the engine list turned over

  • 2004

    New: 3.3-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 22 → 22 MPG.

  • 2008

    New: 3.5-liter 6-cylinder. Best rating 26 → 26 MPG.

  • 2020

    New: 2.5-liter 4-cylinder hybrid. Best rating 29 → 36 MPG.

  • 2023

    New: 2.4-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 36 → 36 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

  • Gasoline

    Rated in 2001–2026.

  • Hybrid

    Rated in 2006–2026.

All 26 model years, best and lowest version
Model yearsBest versionCombinedCity / hwyLowest versionVersions
2026Highlander Hybrid AWD hybrid3535 / 35243
2025Highlander Hybrid AWD hybrid3535 / 35245
2023–2024Highlander Hybrid hybrid3636 / 35246
2020–2022Highlander Hybrid hybrid3636 / 35236
2017–2019Highlander Hybrid AWD LE Plus hybrid2930 / 28228
2014–2016Highlander Hybrid AWD hybrid2828 / 28205
2011–2013Highlander Hybrid 4WD hybrid2828 / 28194
2009–2010Highlander Hybrid 4WD hybrid2627 / 27194
2008Highlander Hybrid 4WD hybrid2627 / 25193
2007Highlander Hybrid 2WD hybrid2628 / 25196
2006Highlander Hybrid 2WD hybrid2728 / 25196
2004–2005Highlander 2WD2219 / 25194
2001–2003Highlander 2WD2219 / 25184

Version names in the EPA list: Highlander, Highlander 2WD, Highlander 4WD, Highlander AWD, Highlander AWD LE, Highlander Hybrid, Highlander Hybrid 2WD, Highlander Hybrid 4WD, Highlander Hybrid AWD, Highlander Hybrid AWD LE Plus, Highlander Hybrid AWD LTD/PLAT, Highlander LE/XLE/SE/LTD.

Same class, 2026

Jeep Cherokee37 MPGToyota Grand Highlander36 MPGHyundai Palisade34 MPGRolls-Royce Cullinan14 MPG

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