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1 / 5#5. Salinas, CA
- Regular gas price: $6.56
How gas prices have changed in Richmond in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Richmond-Petersburg, VA metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of October 5.
Richmond by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.08
--- Virginia average: $4.12
- Week change: -$0.13 (-3.0%)
- Year change: +$1.08 (+36.2%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.93 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $6.19
- Week change: -$0.15 (-2.3%)
- Year change: +$2.55 (+70.1%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $6.38 (9/22/26)
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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