How gas prices have changed in California in the last week
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in California using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of February 23.
California by the numbers
- Gas current price: $4.63
- Week change: +$0.04 (+0.8%)
- Year change: -$0.21 (-4.4%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $6.44 (6/14/22)
- Diesel current price: $5.07
- Week change: +$0.04 (+0.8%)
- Year change: -$0.03 (-0.5%)
- Historical expensive diesel price: $7.01 (6/18/22)

Metros with most expensive gas in California
#1. San Rafael: $4.85
#2. Santa Rosa: $4.84
#3. San Francisco: $4.83
#4. Napa: $4.79
#5. Salinas: $4.79
#6. San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles: $4.77
#7. Oakland: $4.71
#8. Santa Cruz-Watsonville: $4.70
#9. Los Angeles-Long Beach: $4.67
#10. Sacramento: $4.65
#11. San Diego: $4.65
#12. San Jose: $4.65
#13. Madera-Chowchilla: $4.63
#14. Vallejo-Fairfield: $4.62
#15. Visalia-Tulare-Porterville: $4.62
#16. Ventura: $4.60
#17. Orange County: $4.60
#18. Fresno: $4.60
#19. Yolo: $4.57
#20. Bakersfield: $4.55
#21. Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc: $4.55
#22. Stockton-Lodi: $4.54
#23. Merced: $4.53
#24. Hanford-Corcoran: $4.52
#25. Chico-Paradise: $4.51
#26. Riverside: $4.51
#27. Modesto: $4.50
#28. San Bernardino: $4.50
#29. Redding: $4.43
#30. Yuba City: $4.38
#31. El Centro: $4.26
States with the least expensive gas
#1. Oklahoma: $2.34
#2. Arkansas: $2.45
#3. Kansas: $2.46
#4. Mississippi: $2.49
#5. Louisiana: $2.51
Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.
#5. Nevada
- Regular gas price: $3.68
#4. Oregon

- Regular gas price: $3.89
#3. Washington
- Regular gas price: $4.33
#2. Hawaii
- Regular gas price: $4.38
#1. California
- Regular gas price: $4.63
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