How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from . Gas prices are as of March 27.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $5.84
- Week change: +$0.19 (+3.3%)
- Year change: +$1.18 (+25.3%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.17
- Week change: +$0.51 (+7.6%)
- Year change: +$2.16 (+43.2%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.17 (3/27/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Rafael: $6.03
#2. Santa Rosa: $6.00
#3. San Francisco: $5.98
#4. Napa: $5.98
#5. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $5.96
#6. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.94
#7. San Diego: $5.91
#8. Ventura: $5.91
#9. Salinas: $5.90
#10. Orange County: $5.90
#11. Oakland: $5.88
#12. San Jose: $5.84
#13. San Bernardino: $5.84
#14. Madera-Chowchilla: $5.83
#15. Riverside: $5.82
#16. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $5.79
#17. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.79
#18. Bakersfield: $5.78
#19. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.75
#20. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.74
#21. Fresno: $5.73
#22. Sacramento: $5.72
#23. Merced: $5.68
#24. Stockton-Lodi: $5.68
#25. Yolo: $5.66
#26. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.64
#27. Modesto: $5.63
#28. El Centro: $5.62
#29. Chico-Paradise: $5.61
#30. Redding: $5.53
#31. Yuba City: $5.44
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Kansas: $3.27
#2. Oklahoma: $3.28
#3. Iowa: $3.31
#4. Nebraska: $3.37
#5. Arkansas: $3.39
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
