Retail price of regular gasoline in California (USD/gal) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Retail gasoline prices (US)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In California, the retail price of regular gasoline was 5.83 USD/gal on 14 September 2026, compared to 5.68 on 7 September 2026. This constitutes a gain of 2.64 percent.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the figure, there are 1,374 records in total. The time period covered by the series extends from May 2000 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: the retail price averaged 3.31 USD/gal; it achieved a maximum of 6.27 on 13 June 2022; it recorded a minimum of 1.10 on 31 December 2001.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/gal |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 5.52000 |
| 2026-09-07 | 5.67800 |
| 2026-09-14 | 5.82700 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Retail price of regular gasoline in California |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | USD/gal |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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