Gas Pain, Week of June 22, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 14¢ to $3.91 a gallon for the week of June 22, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.21, from $4.12 to $3.91.

California was the most expensive state at $5.39, $1.47 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.15 and Alaska at $4.67 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.37, $0.54 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.44 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.44 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.02 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $30.24 for the same fill. The ranking counts all 50 states, with the regional average standing in wherever EIA publishes no state figure.

No state rose more than half a cent. Colorado fell the most, down $0.28 to $3.67; Idaho (−$0.26) and Montana (−$0.26) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $58.71 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $101.76; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $2.07 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $3.59 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.