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 April 17.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $5.86
- Week change: -$0.06 (-1.0%)
- Year change: +$1.00 (+20.6%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.60
- Week change: -$0.13 (-1.6%)
- Year change: +$2.59 (+51.6%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.75 (4/9/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. Salinas: $6.01
#2. Santa Rosa: $6.01
#3. San Rafael: $6.00
#4. Napa: $5.99
#5. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.99
#6. San Francisco: $5.98
#7. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $5.95
#8. Oakland: $5.91
#9. San Diego: $5.88
#10. Ventura: $5.88
#11. Madera-Chowchilla: $5.87
#12. Orange County: $5.87
#13. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $5.85
#14. Bakersfield: $5.84
#15. San Bernardino: $5.83
#16. San Jose: $5.83
#17. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.79
#18. Merced: $5.79
#19. Riverside: $5.79
#20. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.78
#21. Fresno: $5.77
#22. Sacramento: $5.76
#23. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.74
#24. Chico-Paradise: $5.70
#25. Redding: $5.68
#26. Stockton-Lodi: $5.68
#27. Yolo: $5.68
#28. Modesto: $5.65
#29. El Centro: $5.59
#30. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.59
#31. Yuba City: $5.48
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $3.42
#2. Kansas: $3.49
#3. North Dakota: $3.61
#4. Nebraska: $3.61
#5. Iowa: $3.61
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
