How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of September 18.
California by the numbers
– Gas current price: $6.11
– Week change: +$0.19 (+3.1%)
– Year change: +$1.46 (+31.3%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
– Diesel current price: $8.39
– Week change: +$0.41 (+5.2%)
– Year change: +$3.23 (+62.5%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $8.39 (9/18/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. Santa Rosa: $6.33
#2. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $6.32
#3. San Rafael: $6.28
#4. San Francisco: $6.27
#5. Salinas: $6.27
#6. Napa: $6.25
#7. San Diego: $6.19
#8. Oakland: $6.17
#9. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $6.17
#10. Orange County: $6.14
#11. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $6.14
#12. Madera-Chowchilla: $6.12
#13. San Jose: $6.11
#14. Fresno: $6.10
#15. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $6.09
#16. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $6.09
#17. Ventura: $6.08
#18. Riverside: $6.06
#19. Vallejo-Fairfield: $6.05
#20. San Bernardino: $6.05
#21. Hanford-Corcoran: $6.04
#22. Bakersfield: $6.04
#23. Sacramento: $6.04
#24. Yolo: $6.02
#25. Merced: $5.98
#26. Stockton-Lodi: $5.96
#27. Modesto: $5.91
#28. Chico-Paradise: $5.90
#29. El Centro: $5.89
#30. Redding: $5.89
#31. Yuba City: $5.78
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Texas: $3.95
#2. Mississippi: $3.96
#3. Indiana: $4.00
#4. Louisiana: $4.00
#5. Alabama: $4.01
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
#5. Oregon
– Regular gas price: $5.11
#4. Nevada
– Regular gas price: $5.22
#3. Hawaii
– Regular gas price: $5.49
#2. Washington
– Regular gas price: $5.57
#1. California
– Regular gas price: $6.11
