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 March 27.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $5.84
- Week change: +$0.19 (+3.3%)
- Year change: +$1.18 (+25.3%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.17
- Week change: +$0.51 (+7.6%)
- Year change: +$2.16 (+43.2%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.17 (3/27/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Rafael: $6.03
#2. Santa Rosa: $6.00
#3. San Francisco: $5.98
#4. Napa: $5.98
#5. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $5.96
#6. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $5.94
#7. San Diego: $5.91
#8. Ventura: $5.91
#9. Salinas: $5.90
#10. Orange County: $5.90
#11. Oakland: $5.88
#12. San Jose: $5.84
#13. San Bernardino: $5.84
#14. Madera-Chowchilla: $5.83
#15. Riverside: $5.82
#16. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $5.79
#17. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.79
#18. Bakersfield: $5.78
#19. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.75
#20. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.74
#21. Fresno: $5.73
#22. Sacramento: $5.72
#23. Merced: $5.68
#24. Stockton-Lodi: $5.68
#25. Yolo: $5.66
#26. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.64
#27. Modesto: $5.63
#28. El Centro: $5.62
#29. Chico-Paradise: $5.61
#30. Redding: $5.53
#31. Yuba City: $5.44
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Kansas: $3.27
#2. Oklahoma: $3.28
#3. Iowa: $3.31
#4. Nebraska: $3.37
#5. Arkansas: $3.39
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
