Gas Pain, Week of February 2, 2026

The U.S. average for regular gasoline edged up 1¢ to $2.87 a gallon for the week of February 2, 2026. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.19, from $3.06 to $2.87.

California was the most expensive state at $4.18, $1.31 above the national figure, with Washington at $3.76 and Alaska at $3.42 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $2.44, $0.43 below national, followed by New Mexico at $2.44 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $2.44 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.74 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $26.10 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

California climbed the most, up $0.14 to $4.18; Alaska (+$0.10) and Arizona (+$0.10) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.19 to $2.69; Illinois (−$0.04) and Indiana (−$0.04) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $43.01 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $74.54; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.21 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $0.36 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.