How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
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How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
Oil and gas giants Exxon and Shell are warning that stagnant gas prices are killing profits. The flip side of that? Americans just enjoyed a holiday weekend without the usual spike in gas costs.
Inventory appears to remain adequate for the demand seen globally from motorists—so much so that efforts to limit production by The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries have struggled to move prices higher.
A gallon of gas was $3.54 on average, according to AAA gas price data. Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California. Gas prices are as of July 7.
New laws meant to combat climate change and curb harmful emissions in Washington state have coincided with higher prices at the pump. The state has surpassed California for the priciest gas in the country.
California by the numbers
– Current gas price: $4.85
– 1-week change: +$0.02 (+0.4%)
– 1-year change: -$1.34 (-21.6%)
– Record average gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
– Current diesel price: $5.06
– 1-week change: +$0.02 (+0.4%)
– 1-year change: -$1.82 (-26.4%)
– Record high average diesel price: $7.01 (6/18/22)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.14
#2. Salinas: $4.95
#3. Santa Rosa: $4.95
#4. Napa: $4.94
#5. Ventura: $4.93
#6. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $4.93
#7. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $4.93
#8. San Francisco: $4.92
#9. San Diego: $4.90
#10. San Rafael: $4.90
#11. Orange County: $4.87
#12. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $4.83
#13. San Bernardino: $4.83
#14. Bakersfield: $4.83
#15. Oakland: $4.82
#16. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $4.80
#17. Hanford-Corcoran: $4.79
#18. Riverside: $4.79
#19. Vallejo-Fairfield: $4.79
#20. San Jose: $4.78
#21. Fresno: $4.78
#22. Sacramento: $4.74
#23. Madera-Chowchilla: $4.74
#24. El Centro: $4.72
#25. Merced: $4.71
#26. Yolo: $4.71
#27. Redding: $4.68
#28. Stockton-Lodi: $4.64
#29. Chico-Paradise: $4.62
#30. Modesto: $4.62
#31. Yuba City: $4.51
States with the most expensive gas
#1. Washington: $4.97
#2. California: $4.85
#3. Hawaii: $4.71
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Mississippi: $2.97
#2. Louisiana: $3.08
#3. Alabama: $3.08
