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 was 5.75 USD/gal on 2 November 2026, compared to 5.89 on 26 October 2026. This represents a reduction of 2.38 percent.
Sample. There are 1,381 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The time period covered by the series extends from May 2000 to November 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: the retail price reached its lowest level of 1.10 USD/gal on 31 December 2001; it recorded its highest level of 6.27 USD/gal on 13 June 2022; it had a mean of 3.32 USD/gal.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 6.03100 |
| 2026-10-26 | 5.88800 |
| 2026-11-02 | 5.74800 |
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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 |
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