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1 / 5#5. Salinas, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.56
How gas prices have changed in Washington, D.C. in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Washington (Entire Metro Average) metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of October 5.
Washington, D.C. by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.23
--- Washington, D.C. average: $4.45
- Week change: -$0.10 (-2.2%)
- Year change: +$1.17 (+38.2%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $5.06 (6/15/22)
- Diesel current price: $6.38
- Week change: -$0.06 (-0.9%)
- Year change: +$2.67 (+71.7%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $6.45 (9/25/26)
Metros with the least expensive gas
#1. Albany, GA: $3.61
#2. Lafayette, IN: $3.63
#3. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX: $3.63
Read on to see which metros have the most expensive gas prices.
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2 / 5#4. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.57
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3 / 5#3. San Francisco, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.58
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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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