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 April 3.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $5.89
- Week change: +$0.05 (+0.9%)
- Year change: +$0.98 (+19.9%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.59
- Week change: +$0.42 (+5.8%)
- Year change: +$2.55 (+50.5%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.59 (4/3/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Rafael: $6.09
#2. San Francisco: $6.07
#3. Santa Rosa: $6.06
#4. Napa: $6.05
#5. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $6.00
#6. Salinas: $5.99
#7. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.98
#8. Ventura: $5.95
#9. San Diego: $5.94
#10. Oakland: $5.94
#11. Orange County: $5.93
#12. San Jose: $5.89
#13. Madera-Chowchilla: $5.88
#14. Bakersfield: $5.87
#15. San Bernardino: $5.87
#16. Riverside: $5.85
#17. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.84
#18. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $5.83
#19. Fresno: $5.81
#20. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.79
#21. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.79
#22. Sacramento: $5.78
#23. Merced: $5.76
#24. Stockton-Lodi: $5.72
#25. Chico-Paradise: $5.70
#26. Yolo: $5.69
#27. Modesto: $5.69
#28. El Centro: $5.65
#29. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.64
#30. Redding: $5.64
#31. Yuba City: $5.49
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $3.27
#2. Kansas: $3.34
#3. North Dakota: $3.44
#4. Nebraska: $3.46
#5. Iowa: $3.50
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
