Gas Pain, Week of November 17, 2025

The U.S. average for regular gasoline edged up 1¢ to $3.06 a gallon for the week of November 17, 2025. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.12, from $3.18 to $3.06.

California was the most expensive state at $4.48, $1.41 above the national figure, with Washington at $4.05 and Alaska at $3.75 (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 $2.60 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.60 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.89 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $28.38 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

Ohio climbed the most, up $0.13 to $3.17; Florida (+$0.09) and Georgia (+$0.05) also rose. Washington fell the most, down $0.07 to $4.05; Alaska (−$0.04) and Arizona (−$0.04) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $45.93 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $79.61; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.09 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $0.16 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.