Gas Pain, Week of December 22, 2025

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 5¢ to $2.84 a gallon for the week of December 22, 2025, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.28, from $3.12 to $2.84.

California was the most expensive state at $4.08, $1.23 above the national figure, with Washington at $3.82 and Alaska at $3.42 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Colorado was cheapest at $2.28, $0.57 below national, followed by Texas at $2.42 and New Mexico at $2.44 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.80 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $27.00 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 $0.05 to $2.79. Ohio fell the most, down $0.31 to $2.53; Minnesota (−$0.09) and California (−$0.09) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $42.62 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $73.87; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.81 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $1.40 on the larger one. Of the ten states at the extremes, 6 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.