Retail price of gasoline in California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail gasoline prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In California, the retail price of gasoline was 5.94 USD/gal on 14 September 2026, versus 5.79 on 7 September 2026. This marks a gain of 2.59 percent.
Sample. This weekly time series has 1,373 data points. The series covers the time span stretching from May 2000 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: the retail price hit a minimum of 1.15 USD/gal on 31 December 2001; it hit a peak of 6.36 on 13 June 2022; it had an average value of 3.37.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 5.631 |
| 2026-09-07 | 5.787 |
| 2026-09-14 | 5.936 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of gasoline in California |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | USD/gal |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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