$4.28 a gallon (+$1.17 since inauguration)
The U.S. average price of regular gasoline was $4.28 in the week of October 19, 2026, up $1.17 (+37.8%) from $3.11 in the week President Trump took office on January 20, 2025.
EIA weekly retail survey, latest week . Updated automatically from FRED.
Regular gasoline, all formulations, dollars per gallon. Dashed lines mark the January 20 inaugurations of 2017, 2021 and 2025.
The national average at inauguration and 637 days later, the same point in each term as the latest reading for Trump’s second term. Weekly readings on or just before each date.
| Term | At inauguration | Day 637 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trump, 2nd term | $3.11 January 20, 2025 | $4.28 October 19, 2026 | +$1.17 (+37.8%) |
| Trump, 1st term | $2.36 January 16, 2017 | $2.88 October 15, 2018 | +$0.52 (+22.1%) |
| Biden | $2.38 January 18, 2021 | $3.87 October 17, 2022 | +$1.49 (+62.7%) |
EIA reports weekly averages for five regions, the Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADDs). Latest week: October 19, 2026.
| Region | Jan 20, 2025 | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| East CoastPADD 1 | $3.07 | $4.06 | +$1.00 (+32.4%) |
| MidwestPADD 2 | $2.98 | $4.14 | +$1.16 (+38.9%) |
| Gulf CoastPADD 3 | $2.69 | $3.78 | +$1.09 (+40.6%) |
| Rocky MountainPADD 4 | $2.91 | $4.47 | +$1.56 (+53.5%) |
| West CoastPADD 5 | $3.87 | $5.56 | +$1.69 (+43.6%) |
PADD 1 is subdivided by EIA into New England, the Central Atlantic and the Lower Atlantic. See EIA’s PADD map for the states in each district.
EIA said the Brent crude oil price had “risen sharply following the onset of military action in the Middle East,” settling at $94 a barrel on March 9, as petroleum shipments through the Strait of Hormuz fell. Source
EIA said “higher crude oil prices have led to higher gasoline and diesel prices” and forecast retail gasoline to peak at a monthly average close to $4.30 a gallon in April. Source
EIA’s October Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts regular gasoline to average $3.91 a gallon in 2026 and $3.56 in 2027, and Brent crude to average $105 a barrel in the fourth quarter of 2026, assuming Middle East oil flows stay constrained through the end of the year. Source
Forecasts are EIA’s, not TrumpInsight’s. Rising prices also feed into consumer inflation; see how prices have changed overall with our inflation calculator.
The U.S. average for regular gasoline was $3.11 a gallon in EIA’s survey for the week of January 20, 2025, the week Trump was inaugurated.
Higher. The national average was $4.28 in the week of October 19, 2026, up $1.17 (+37.8%) from inauguration week.
The highest weekly national average so far this term was $4.50 (week of May 11, 2026). The lowest was $2.78 (week of January 12, 2026).
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has tied the 2026 increase to higher crude oil prices after military action in the Middle East reduced petroleum shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. In April 2026 EIA wrote that “higher crude oil prices have led to higher gasoline and diesel prices.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration surveys retail gasoline stations every Monday and publishes national and regional averages for regular gasoline (all formulations). This page reads those series from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s FRED database and refreshes twice a day.
Not directly. EIA breaks the retail price into four parts: the cost of crude oil (the largest, set on global markets), refining costs and profits, distribution and marketing, and federal, state and local taxes. Government policy can affect several of these, but crude oil prices drive most week-to-week movement.
Prices are EIA weekly retail averages for regular gasoline (all formulations), including taxes, collected each Monday. Data is read from FRED and refreshed twice a day; EIA publishes new figures weekly.
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Gas price figures are pulled automatically from U.S. Energy Information Administration data on FRED. Context notes are checked against EIA publications.
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