Gas Pain, Week of April 6, 2026

Gas got noticeably more expensive. The U.S. average for regular jumped 13¢ in a week to $4.12 a gallon for the week of April 6, 2026. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $1.31, from $2.81 to $4.12.

California was the most expensive state at $5.77, $1.65 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.23 and Alaska at $4.95 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Minnesota was cheapest at $3.57, $0.55 below national, followed by Colorado at $3.70 and Ohio at $3.71. The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.20 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $33.00 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 $0.25 to $4.15; Texas (+$0.21) and Alabama (+$0.20) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.13 to $3.71; Colorado (−$0.07) and Idaho (−$0.02) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $61.80 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $107.12; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $1.95 more than the week before on the smaller tank and $3.38 on the larger one. Of the ten states at the extremes, 5 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.