U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices Fall 11.6 Cents to $4.153 a Gallon in EIA Report

U.S. regular gasoline prices dropped 11.6 cents a gallon in the latest weekly survey, taking the national average to $4.153, according to figures released Tuesday by the Energy Information Administration. The decline was recorded for prices measured on Monday, November 2, and extended a retreat that has brought the average down by more than 30 cents since late September.

The cheaper fill-up offers some near-term relief for drivers, but the comparison with last year tells a different story. Regular gasoline still costs $1.134 a gallon more than it did at the same point in 2025, EIA data show. The weekly decrease therefore narrows, rather than eliminates, the pressure from higher pump prices.

The national average stood at $4.269 on October 26 and $4.284 one week before that. On September 28, the agency recorded $4.465. The latest reading is about 31 cents below that late-September level, although the pace of the decline has varied from week to week. The figures come from the EIA’s Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update, which publishes national and regional pump-price estimates based on a recurring survey of retail outlets.

Regional price declines vary sharply

Every major region tracked by the EIA posted a lower regular-gasoline average in the November 2 survey, but motorists in different parts of the country would not have experienced the same size of reduction. The Rocky Mountain region recorded the steepest fall among the five major petroleum districts, dropping 24.5 cents to $4.213 a gallon. Midwest prices decreased 16.7 cents to $4.102, reversing part of the previous week’s increase there.

Prices on the West Coast fell 12.1 cents to $5.296 a gallon, a larger weekly reduction than the national average. The East Coast average declined 8.6 cents to $3.936, while the Gulf Coast fell 6.6 cents to $3.636. These differences illustrate why a single U.S. headline number can describe the overall trend without capturing the typical amount paid in a particular area.

State-level figures were even more uneven. Colorado’s statewide average dropped 39 cents to $4.068, and Ohio’s fell 29 cents to $4.090. Florida was down 22.6 cents to $3.791. California recorded a 14-cent decline, but its average was still $5.748, well above the national figure. These are survey averages for the areas identified by the EIA, not claims that every filling station changed its sign by the same amount.

Even after the weekly declines, the gap between the West Coast and Gulf Coast averages was $1.660 a gallon. California’s regular gasoline average exceeded Texas’s $3.578 by $2.170. The regional spread is a reminder that the national average should not be used as a prediction of what a driver will see at a particular pump, especially in markets with very different retail conditions and tax structures.

Lower than recent weeks, still much higher than a year ago

For household budgets, a move of this size offers a modest but tangible saving at the pump. At the national average, a 15-gallon fill-up would cost roughly $1.74 less than it did a week earlier. That calculation is illustrative: the EIA figures are averages, and an individual motorist’s saving depends on the local price, gallons purchased and when the fuel is bought.

There is a bigger number on the other side of the comparison. The EIA puts the national regular-gasoline average $1.134 above the year-earlier level, implying a comparable price of $3.019 a gallon in early November 2025. For the same hypothetical 15-gallon purchase, that difference amounts to about $17.01 more than a year ago. The week-to-week improvement is meaningful without being evidence that gasoline has returned to last year’s price range.

The agency’s figures also show that the price being discussed is specifically for regular gasoline. Its separate national series for all gasoline grades averaged $4.290 on November 2, down from $4.405 a week earlier. Midgrade averaged $4.757 and premium $5.158 in the latest data. The $4.153 figure in the headline should not be confused with an average covering every type of gasoline sold at retail stations.

A separate weekly measure for on-highway diesel fuel was $6.292 per gallon, down 6 cents from the previous survey. Diesel has a different market and cost profile, so that figure should not be blended into the regular-gasoline comparison. It does, however, show that the EIA’s latest report recorded lower national averages for both major road fuels, even though the two prices remained far apart.

What the weekly EIA reading does and does not measure

The gasoline figures are estimates built from observations of actual retail pump prices. According to the EIA’s survey methodology, the agency collects prices each Monday from a sample of outlets, generally using the self-service cash price, including taxes, as of 8 a.m. local time. It then calculates volume-weighted estimates for the nation, regions and selected states and cities. As a result, the national figure is not a simple average of every station sign in the country or a live reading that changes throughout the day.

That distinction is useful when interpreting a weekly move. A drop of 11.6 cents means the estimated national average decreased between two survey dates; it does not establish that every retailer cut prices by exactly that amount or that a driver filling up later in the week will encounter the same reading. The regional and city figures provide more local context, but they also describe sampled averages rather than real-time quotes.

Nor does the price table alone identify a single cause for the fall. Retail gasoline reflects several moving parts, including crude oil costs, refining, distribution and marketing, as well as taxes. Changes in wholesale markets can take time to reach pump prices, and regional conditions affect that process. The EIA’s release establishes the size and location of the weekly changes; assigning the decline to one event would require separate evidence.

The next scheduled Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update is November 10. That release will show whether the latest reduction continued into the following weekly survey or whether national and regional averages began moving in different directions again.