Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of March 16.
California by the numbers
– Gas current price: $5.53
– Week change: +$0.32 (+6.2%)
– Year change: +$0.87 (+18.7%)
– Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
– Diesel current price: $6.44
– Week change: +$0.48 (+8.1%)
– Year change: +$1.42 (+28.3%)
– Historical expensive diesel price: $7.01 (6/18/22)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. Napa: $5.71
#2. San Rafael: $5.70
#3. San Francisco: $5.69
#4. Santa Rosa: $5.68
#5. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.65
#6. Salinas: $5.62
#7. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $5.62
#8. San Diego: $5.58
#9. Orange County: $5.57
#10. Oakland: $5.55
#11. Ventura: $5.55
#12. San Jose: $5.53
#13. Madera-Chowchilla: $5.50
#14. San Bernardino: $5.50
#15. Riverside: $5.50
#16. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.48
#17. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.45
#18. Fresno: $5.45
#19. Bakersfield: $5.45
#20. Sacramento: $5.44
#21. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $5.43
#22. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.42
#23. Merced: $5.40
#24. Yolo: $5.37
#25. Stockton-Lodi: $5.37
#26. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.36
#27. Modesto: $5.34
#28. Chico-Paradise: $5.34
#29. El Centro: $5.28
#30. Redding: $5.28
#31. Yuba City: $5.22
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Kansas: $3.15
#2. North Dakota: $3.20
#3. Oklahoma: $3.22
#4. Arkansas: $3.24
#5. Missouri: $3.25
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
#5. Oregon
– Regular gas price: $4.49
#4. Nevada
– Regular gas price: $4.59
#3. Washington
– Regular gas price: $4.92
#2. Hawaii
– Regular gas price: $4.96
#1. California
– Regular gas price: $5.53Re-published with CC BY-NC 4.0 License.
