Guide
Are gas prices going up?
Regular gas averaged $4.31 a gallon in October 2026, against $4.36 in September 2026 and $3.06 in October 2025, 40.8% higher than then. The monthly average peaked at $4.93 in June 2022. In EIA's survey for the week of November 2, 2026, the U.S. average was $4.15, from $3.64 in the Gulf Coast region to $5.30 in the West Coast region.
Figures update themselves from 3 charts; newest data as of November 2, 2026.
Regular gas, October 2026
$4.31
A gallon; $3.06 in October 2025
Cheapest region, week of November 2, 2026
$3.64
Gulf Coast; priciest: West Coast, $5.30
Gasoline's price change, 12 months to September 2026
34.2%
All prices: 3.7%
Gas prices since 1990
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Each point averages EIA's weekly survey of gas stations nationwide for a month, taxes included. Regular gas averaged $4.31 a gallon in October 2026. The lowest monthly average was $0.92 in February 1999 and the highest $4.93 in June 2022.
These are dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. Gas prices follow the price of crude oil, which is set on world markets, plus the costs of refining, taxes and getting fuel to stations, so they can move fast: they jumped in 2008 and 2022 and fell sharply in late 2008 and in 2020.
Where gas costs most
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In the week of November 2, 2026, regular gas cost $3.94 a gallon on the East Coast, $4.10 in the Midwest, $3.64 on the Gulf Coast, $4.21 in the Rocky Mountains and $5.30 on the West Coast. The regions differ in their fuel taxes, the blends of gas their rules require and how far they are from refineries, most of which are on the Gulf Coast.
Gas and inflation
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Gas is one of the most changeable prices people pay. In the 12 months to September 2026, the Consumer Price Index for gasoline changed 34.2%, against 3.7% for all prices.
What these numbers can and can't tell you
Prices are EIA's averages for regular gasoline, all formulations, taxes included. The regions are EIA's five fuel-supply districts; the West Coast district includes Alaska and Hawaii.
When EIA publishes new prices, the charts update themselves, and so does every number on this page.
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Sources
U.S. Energy Information Administration, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of November 2, 2026, in these charts:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) (Public domain (U.S. government work)), data as of September 30, 2026, in these charts: