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1 / 5#5. Bakersfield, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.26
How gas prices have changed in Santa Cruz in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of October 19.
Santa Cruz by the numbers
- Gas current price: $6.25
--- California average: $6.17
- Week change: -$0.12 (-2.0%)
- Year change: +$1.57 (+33.6%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.50 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $8.70
- Week change: +$0.01 (+0.1%)
- Year change: +$3.42 (+64.8%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $8.75 (10/17/26)
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. Goldsboro, NC: $3.45
#2. Fayetteville, NC: $3.47
#3. Rocky Mount, NC: $3.50
Read on to see which metros have the most expensive gas prices.
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2 / 5#4. San Francisco, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.26
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3 / 5#3. Salinas, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.31
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4 / 5#2. Santa Rosa, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.34
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5 / 5#1. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.37
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