Gas Pain, Week of June 29, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 8¢ to $3.83 a gallon for the week of June 29, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.29, from $4.12 to $3.83.

California was the most expensive state at $5.25, $1.41 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.03 and Alaska at $4.53 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.23, $0.60 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.32 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.32 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $2.02 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $30.23 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 $3.69; Georgia (+$0.02) and North Carolina (+$0.02) also rose. California fell the most, down $0.14 to $5.25; Texas (−$0.14) and Alaska (−$0.13) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $57.46 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $99.61; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $1.25 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $2.16 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.