How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of May 1.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $6.06
- Week change: +$0.18 (+3.0%)
- Year change: +$1.28 (+26.8%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.50
- Week change: +$0.02 (+0.2%)
- Year change: +$2.52 (+50.6%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.75 (4/9/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Rafael: $6.37
#2. Napa: $6.30
#3. Santa Rosa: $6.29
#4. San Francisco: $6.26
#5. Salinas: $6.23
#6. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $6.22
#7. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $6.14
#8. Oakland: $6.12
#9. Orange County: $6.12
#10. San Diego: $6.10
#11. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $6.09
#12. San Jose: $6.07
#13. Madera-Chowchilla: $6.06
#14. Ventura: $6.05
#15. Vallejo-Fairfield: $6.02
#16. San Bernardino: $6.00
#17. Sacramento: $5.99
#18. Fresno: $5.98
#19. Riverside: $5.98
#20. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.97
#21. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.96
#22. Bakersfield: $5.95
#23. Merced: $5.95
#24. Stockton-Lodi: $5.92
#25. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.90
#26. Yolo: $5.89
#27. Modesto: $5.86
#28. Redding: $5.82
#29. Chico-Paradise: $5.80
#30. El Centro: $5.73
#31. Yuba City: $5.70
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Georgia: $3.80
#2. Oklahoma: $3.82
#3. Mississippi: $3.83
#4. Arkansas: $3.84
#5. Louisiana: $3.84
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
