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 June 5.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $5.95
- Week change: -$0.11 (-1.8%)
- Year change: +$1.21 (+25.6%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $7.25
- Week change: -$0.09 (-1.3%)
- Year change: +$2.18 (+43.0%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.75 (4/9/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. Napa: $6.16
#2. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $6.14
#3. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $6.13
#4. Santa Rosa: $6.12
#5. San Francisco: $6.12
#6. Salinas: $6.11
#7. San Rafael: $6.08
#8. Oakland: $6.05
#9. Madera-Chowchilla: $6.04
#10. Merced: $6.02
#11. Bakersfield: $6.00
#12. San Jose: $5.98
#13. Sacramento: $5.97
#14. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $5.96
#15. San Diego: $5.95
#16. Vallejo-Fairfield: $5.94
#17. Yolo: $5.94
#18. Fresno: $5.93
#19. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $5.92
#20. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $5.88
#21. Ventura: $5.88
#22. Modesto: $5.87
#23. Hanford-Corcoran: $5.86
#24. Orange County: $5.85
#25. Stockton-Lodi: $5.85
#26. San Bernardino: $5.84
#27. Chico-Paradise: $5.84
#28. Redding: $5.83
#29. Riverside: $5.81
#30. Yuba City: $5.75
#31. El Centro: $5.72
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Indiana: $3.52
#2. Texas: $3.70
#3. Oklahoma: $3.73
#4. Louisiana: $3.77
#5. South Carolina: $3.78
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
