Gas Pain, Week of November 2, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 12¢ to $4.15 a gallon for the week of November 2, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $0.15, from $4.01 to $4.15.

California was the most expensive state at $5.75, $1.60 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.09 and Alaska at $4.77 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.58, $0.57 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.64 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.64 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.17 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $32.55 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

No state rose more than half a cent. Colorado fell the most, down $0.39 to $4.07; Ohio (−$0.29) and Idaho (−$0.25) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $62.29 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $107.98; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $1.74 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $3.02 on the larger one. Of the ten states at the extremes, 7 were shown at a regional average, because EIA publishes a weekly state figure for only 9 states and the rest take the average of their PADD region. Every figure here was from EIA's weekly retail gasoline series for that week.