Gas Price Trends

Are gas prices going up or down? What’s below is computed fresh from our daily AAA snapshots (latest 7/24/26, 45 days of history) — no forecasts, no speculation about causes, just what the numbers did.

National average · regular$4.11 +$0.01 today +$0.12 wk9 straight days rising
Jun 10today

This week’s fastest movers

Rising fastest (7 days)

StateNow7-day
Montana$4.28+0.23
Arkansas$3.80+0.22
Maryland$4.18+0.22
Missouri$3.86+0.22
Delaware$4.16+0.21

Falling fastest (7 days)

StateNow7-day
Iowa$3.810.02

Longest current streaks

Massachusetts
11 straight days rising ▲
$4.11
New Hampshire
11 straight days rising ▲
$4.05
Arizona
10 straight days rising ▲
$4.34
Arkansas
10 straight days rising ▲
$3.80
Connecticut
10 straight days rising ▲
$4.18
Maine
10 straight days rising ▲
$4.08

Biggest 30-day moves

Largest change over 30 days

StateNow30-day
Maryland$4.18+0.36
Oklahoma$3.79+0.35
Delaware$4.16+0.34
Florida$3.98+0.34
Minnesota$4.05+0.32

The spread right now

Cheapest state
Indiana
$3.53
Most expensive state
California
$5.59
$2.06 above the cheapest state

About this page

Movers are the change in each state’s AAA regular average vs 7 and 30 snapshots ago; streaks count consecutive daily rises or falls through the latest snapshot. We publish what moved, not why — for supply-and-demand context, EIA’s This Week in Petroleum is the standard reference.

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