Gas Pain, Week of August 10, 2026

Relief at the pump this week. The U.S. average for regular fell 7¢ to $4.01 a gallon for the week of August 10, 2026, the kind of drop that shows on the first fill of the week. Over the past 12 weeks it was down $0.47, from $4.47 to $4.01.

California was the most expensive state at $5.43, $1.42 above the national figure, with Washington at $5.06 and Alaska at $4.64 (West Coast excl. California regional average) next. At the other end Texas was cheapest at $3.51, $0.49 below national, followed by New Mexico at $3.54 (Gulf Coast regional average) and Mississippi at $3.54 (Gulf Coast regional average). The gap between the priciest and cheapest state was $1.92 a gallon, which on a 15-gallon tank was $28.73 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 $0.02 to $3.79; Washington (+$0.01) also rose. Ohio fell the most, down $0.19 to $3.90; Illinois (−$0.11) and Indiana (−$0.11) also fell.

At the national average a 15-gallon tank cost $60.09 to fill from empty and a 26-gallon truck tank $104.16; think mid-size sedan and full-size pickup. That was $1.09 less than the week before on the smaller tank and $1.90 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.