Gas Pain, Week of May 25, 2026

The U.S. average for regular gasoline slipped 2¢ to $4.47 a gallon for the week of May 25, 2026. Over the past 12 weeks it was up $0.97, from $3.50 to $4.47.

California was the most expensive state at $5.91, $1.44 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.57 and Alaska at $5.16 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.96, $0.52 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.99 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.99 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.95 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $29.32 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 $0.12 to $4.25; Texas (+$0.07) and Ohio (+$0.05) also rose. Minnesota fell the most, down $0.10 to $4.25; Colorado (−$0.08) and New York (−$0.06) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $67.13 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $116.35; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $0.23 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $0.39 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.