How gas prices have changed in North Carolina in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in North Carolina using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of May 8.
North Carolina by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.21
- Week change: +$0.16 (+3.8%)
- Year change: +$1.35 (+47.4%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.67 (6/13/22)
- Diesel current price: $5.48
- Week change: -$0.04 (-0.7%)
- Year change: +$2.08 (+61.1%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $5.81 (4/7/26)
Metros with most expensive gas in North Carolina
#1. Durham-Chapel Hill: $4.26
#2. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News: $4.25
#3. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill (NC only): $4.23
#4. Raleigh: $4.23
#5. Burlington: $4.22
#6. Asheville: $4.21
#7. Greensboro: $4.21
#8. Winston-Salem: $4.21
#9. New Bern: $4.18
#10. Rocky Mount: $4.16
#11. Wilmington: $4.16
#12. Fayetteville: $4.16
#13. Jacksonville: $4.15
#14. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton: $4.13
#15. Goldsboro: $4.10
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $3.98
#2. Mississippi: $4.01
#3. Arkansas: $4.02
#4. Louisiana: $4.03
#5. Texas: $4.08
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
