Gas Pain, Week of October 13, 2025

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 6¢ to $3.06 a gallon for the week of October 13, 2025, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.06, from $3.12 to $3.06.

California was the most expensive state at $4.46, $1.40 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.36 and Alaska at $3.95 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.58, $0.48 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.62 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.62 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.87 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $28.08 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

No state rose more than half a cent. Ohio fell the most, down $0.27 to $2.72; Texas (−$0.14) and Illinois (−$0.12) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $45.91 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $79.59; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.95 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $1.64 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.