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Care

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Bill

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Gas Prices

Gas Price Tracker

What Does It Cost To Fill Up?

Compare the Dec. 2023 national regular gas average with today’s gas average by state — then tap a vehicle to see the difference at the pump.

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Dec. 2023 Avg.

EIA regular gas average

PriceGal

$3.13

per gallon

Today

National average

PriceGal

$4.52

per gallon

+$1.38 More per gallon

+44.1% Increase

Today Daily update

Fill My Tank

Choose your state and vehicle size to estimate how much more one full tank costs compared with Dec. 2023.

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$37.61 Dec. 2023 fill-up

$54.18 Today fill-up

+$16.57 More per tank

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Sources: Dec. 2023 baseline uses EIA weekly U.S. regular gasoline prices averaged across December 2023. State prices in this demo are editable fallback values. Replace STATE_PRICES with current AAA state averages as needed.
EIA weekly gasoline data · AAA current national average

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