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 May 15.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $6.14
- Week change: -$0.02 (-0.3%)
- Year change: +$1.22 (+24.8%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.44
- Week change: -$0.04 (-0.6%)
- Year change: +$2.37 (+46.7%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.75 (4/9/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. Napa: $6.36
#2. San Francisco: $6.31
#3. Salinas: $6.30
#4. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $6.29
#5. San Rafael: $6.28
#6. Santa Rosa: $6.27
#7. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $6.25
#8. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $6.22
#9. Oakland: $6.20
#10. Orange County: $6.18
#11. San Diego: $6.17
#12. San Jose: $6.13
#13. Ventura: $6.12
#14. Madera-Chowchilla: $6.12
#15. San Bernardino: $6.11
#16. Vallejo-Fairfield: $6.09
#17. Sacramento: $6.08
#18. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $6.08
#19. Riverside: $6.07
#20. Bakersfield: $6.07
#21. Fresno: $6.06
#22. Merced: $6.05
#23. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $6.04
#24. Yolo: $6.00
#25. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.99
#26. Stockton-Lodi: $5.98
#27. Modesto: $5.98
#28. Redding: $5.95
#29. Chico-Paradise: $5.92
#30. El Centro: $5.83
#31. Yuba City: $5.83
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Texas: $4.00
#2. Mississippi: $4.00
#3. Louisiana: $4.01
#4. Georgia: $4.02
#5. Oklahoma: $4.02
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
