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1 / 5#5. Salinas, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.51
How gas prices have changed in Ames in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Ames, IA metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of September 28.
Ames by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.30
--- Iowa average: $4.26
- Week change: -$0.09 (-2.1%)
- Year change: +$1.29 (+43.1%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.80 (6/19/22)
- Diesel current price: $5.95
- Week change: -$0.44 (-6.9%)
- Year change: +$2.72 (+83.9%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $6.39 (9/21/26)
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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