Gas Pain, Week of October 27, 2025

The U.S. average for regular gasoline edged up 2¢ to $3.04 a gallon for the week of October 27, 2025. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.08, from $3.12 to $3.04.

California was the most expensive state at $4.36, $1.32 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.25 and Alaska at $3.83 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.56, $0.47 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.58 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.58 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.79 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $26.91 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Illinois climbed the most, up $0.07 to $2.87; Indiana (+$0.07) and Iowa (+$0.07) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.08 to $2.92; California (−$0.07) and Washington (−$0.05) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $45.53 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $78.91; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.24 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $0.42 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.