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compiled statistics on gas prices in Ames, IA metro area using data from . Gas prices are current as of November 2.

Ames by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.06
--- Iowa average: $4.01
- Week change: -$0.14 (-3.4%)
- Year change: +$1.20 (+41.9%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.80 (6/19/22)

- Diesel current price: $5.84
- Week change: -$0.19 (-3.1%)
- Year change: +$2.33 (+66.5%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $6.39 (9/21/26)

Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. Goldsboro, NC: $3.20
#2. Fayetteville, NC: $3.20
#3. Wilmington, NC: $3.25

Read on to see which metros have the most expensive gas prices.

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#5. Salinas, CA

- Regular gas price: $6.01

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#4. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA

- Regular gas price: $6.01

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#3. Santa Rosa, CA

- Regular gas price: $6.02

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#2. Bakersfield, CA

- Regular gas price: $6.09

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#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA

- Regular gas price: $6.13

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