USA Gasoline prices

We have Octane-95 gasoline price data for USA from 29-Dec-2003 to 27-Nov-2023. The average gasoline price during that period is 0.79 U.S. Dollar (USD) per liter with a minimum of 0.39 USD on 29-Dec-2003 and a maximum of 1.37 USD on 13-Jun-2022. Our data are obtained from official government sources, regulatory agencies, petroleum companies, and major media sources. We update the series for USA every week.

To ensure comparability, for the U.S. we report the prices of Mid-grade gasoline as it is closest to the Octane-95 gasoline used in most of the world. Regular gasoline that is the most widely used in the U.S. is about 13 percent cheaper than Mid-grade gasoline.

Also note that there are large differences across U.S. states. Prices in the Western states are about 20 percent higher than the national average and in California they are about 50 percent higher. The prices in the Midwest and the South are about 5-10 percent lower than the national average. In the North East, the prices are about 5 percent higher.

We obtain the data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.