The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $3.148 on Friday. This was a one-cent decrease from Thursday’s cost and more than a five-cent drop from a week ago, when gas was $3.199 per gallon. American drivers have been met with falling gas prices heading into the Autumn season.
Friday’s fuel costs continue the year’s trend of steady, affordable gas prices in the country. Today’s price point is less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas was $3.186 per gallon, according to AAA. Current prices are also more affordable than a year ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.22. However, the gap between gas prices from a year ago and today has shrunk in recent weeks.
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Across most of the country, excluding the West Coast, gas prices are well within the $3 per gallon range. During the summer, gas prices have fluctuated between $3.13 and $3.20 per gallon, according to AAA. This summer’s gas prices were the lowest for a summer season since 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. However, as mentioned above, the affordable fuel costs have been the trend for most of 2025. Fuel costs avoided the traditional summer-time surge this year, and except for a swing of a few cents per gallon here and there, as mentioned above, gas prices have been steady.
For example, on Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas was $3.186. In mid-August, this price dropped slightly to $3.153 per gallon. At the end of July, the average cost for a gallon of regular gas was $3.14, and at the beginning of July, gas was $3.171 per gallon. At the beginning of June, slightly after Memorial Day and the traditional start of the summer driving season, the average price for a gallon of gas was $3.141. On the last day of April, a gallon of regular gas averaged $3.182 per gallon throughout the nation.
Most gas price experts suggest a $3-per-gallon price point as a reasonable cost in today’s market when analyzing the affordability of nationwide gas prices. With fuel costs remaining steady and less expensive than earlier in the year, the number of states averaging less than $3 per gallon has increased. About a week ago, there were 20 states with average gas prices lower than $3 per gallon, the same as during the last week of August. Today, nearly half the country has gas prices under $3 per gallon, with 24 states achieving the price threshold, according to AAA.
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Oklahoma currently has the cheapest gas prices in the nation at $2.652 per gallon, surpassing Mississippi for that honor. In Mississippi, a gallon of regular gas is now $2.684, good for the second least expensive state for gas prices in the U.S. Louisiana is next at $2.722, followed by Texas at $2.726. Tennessee is the fifth cheapest state in the country for gas prices at $2.742 per gallon.
High gas prices continue to plague the West Coast. California remains the state with the most expensive gas prices in the country at $4.646, nearly $1.50 higher than the national average. Next is the state of Washington, with an average price of $4.569 per gallon for regular gas. Hawaii is the next highest state at $4.483 per gallon, followed by Oregon at $4.208 and Nevada at $3.902 per gallon.