Retail price of midgrade 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 midgrade gasoline stood at 6.07 USD/gal on 2 November 2026, compared to 6.20 on 26 October. This represents a decrease of 2.08 percent.
Sample. There are 1,381 data points in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The time range covered by the series stretches from May 2000 to November 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: the retail price reached a maximum of 6.54 USD/gal on 13 June 2022; it registered a minimum of 1.21 USD/gal on 31 December 2001; it had a mean value of 3.48 USD/gal.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 6.33900 |
| 2026-10-26 | 6.19700 |
| 2026-11-02 | 6.06800 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of midgrade 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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