Retail price of regular 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 regular gasoline stood at 5.83 USD/gal on 14 September 2026, compared to 5.68 on 7 September. This constitutes an increase of 2.64 percent.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,355 data points in total. The series covers the period extending from May 2000 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: the retail price attained a maximum of 6.27 USD/gal on 13 June 2022; it registered a minimum of 1.10 on 31 December 2001; it averaged 3.32.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 5.52 |
| 2026-09-07 | 5.678 |
| 2026-09-14 | 5.827 |
Nugget of wisdom. One of the pluses of our data visualization and download service is that we publish complete metadata. Check it below to learn more about the attributes of the time series that you use in your research.
Not for investment purposes. Any data hosted on FetchSeries are not suitable for investment purposes or any other financial decision. Users should ask for expert advice and do their own independent due diligence before making any financial commitments.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of regular 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.