Gas Pain, Week of July 7, 2025

The U.S. average for regular gasoline slipped 4¢ to $3.13 a gallon for the week of July 7, 2025. Over the past 7 weeks it was down $0.04, from $3.16 to $3.13.

California was the most expensive state at $4.33, $1.20 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.27 and Alaska at $3.80 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.66, $0.46 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.69 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.69 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.66 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $24.96 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Florida climbed the most, up $0.12 to $2.99; Georgia (+$0.01) and North Carolina (+$0.01) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.14 to $2.85; Colorado (−$0.12) and Illinois (−$0.07) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $46.88 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $81.25; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.59 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $1.01 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.