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1 / 5#5. Salinas, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.51
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 September 28.
Santa Cruz by the numbers
- Gas current price: $6.35
--- California average: $6.37
- Week change: +$0.23 (+3.7%)
- Year change: +$1.69 (+36.4%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.50 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $8.65
- Week change: +$0.04 (+0.5%)
- Year change: +$3.38 (+64.1%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $8.67 (9/26/26)
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. San Antonio, TX: $3.77
#2. Sherman-Denison, TX: $3.82
#3. Evansville, IN: $3.82
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: $6.56
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3 / 5#3. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.57
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4 / 5#2. San Rafael, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.58
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5 / 5#1. Santa Rosa, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.60
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