Gulf Coast region
ArkansasGas prices
EIA doesn’t publish a weekly price for Arkansas on its own. This figure starts from the Gulf Coast average of $3.911 for the week of October 5, 2026 and adjusts it for Arkansas’s fuel tax, which is 1.6¢ a gallon above the regional norm. How we estimate it.
Gulf Coast prices this week
The regional averages Arkansas’s figures are drawn from, in dollars per gallon.
- Regular
- $3.911
- Down $0.013 on the week
- Midgrade
- $4.423
- Down $0.007 on the week
- Premium
- $4.772
- Diesel
- $5.819
- Down $0.136 on the week
The regional price is near its most expensive point of the past year: over the past 52 weeks it has run from $2.372 to $3.989, averaging $3.195. It has moved +6.1% over four weeks and +17.0% over thirteen.
How much of a gallon is tax
Arkansas charges 25.0¢ a gallon in state tax, the 36th highest of 51 (the 50 states and D.C.). With the federal tax that is 43.4¢, about 11% of the pump price.
| State excise tax | 24.70¢ |
|---|---|
| Other state taxes and fees | 0.30¢ |
| Federal excise tax | 18.40¢ |
| Total per gallon | 43.40¢ |
| On a 15-gallon fill | $6.51 |
| Over a year of typical driving | $208 |
From EIA’s notes for Arkansas: Border Zone rates may apply (state excise rate will not be more than $0.01/gal higher than the adjoining state’s rate. See A.C.A.
Source: EIA federal and state motor fuel taxes, July 2026. A typical year assumes 480 gallons (about 12,000 miles at 25 mpg). Local sales taxes are not included.
Fuel tax in Arkansas and its neighbours
Across the line in Oklahoma, state tax is 5.0¢ a gallon lower, which is $0.75 less tax on a 15-gallon fill.
| State | State tax | Versus AR | On a 15-gal tank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 20.0¢ | −5.0¢ | −$0.75 |
| Texas | 20.0¢ | −5.0¢ | −$0.75 |
| Louisiana | 20.9¢ | −4.1¢ | −$0.61 |
| Mississippi | 24.4¢ | −0.6¢ | −$0.09 |
| Arkansas | 25.0¢ | — | — |
| Tennessee | 27.4¢ | +2.4¢ | +$0.36 |
| Missouri | 30.0¢ | +5.0¢ | +$0.75 |
What driving in Arkansas costs
- A 15-gallon fill
- $58.91
- A year of typical driving
- $1,885
- Versus the national average
- $205 a year less
Planning a drive? The fuel cost calculator prices a trip at this week’s Arkansas figure, for your own car.
How we estimate the Arkansas price
The U.S. Energy Information Administration surveys retail gasoline prices every Monday, but it reports individual figures for only nine states. Arkansas is counted in the Gulf Coast series, which averages it together with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas.
Within one region, crude oil, refining and most delivery costs are shared. The biggest fixed difference from one state to the next is tax, which reaches the pump almost cent for cent. So we take the regional average and add the gap between Arkansas’s tax (25.0¢) and the average tax across the region’s states (23.4¢).
Local taxes, how busy the local market is and how far the state is from a refinery all move real prices too, so treat this as a guide to within a few cents, not a quote. Our methodology covers how every figure on the site is sourced.
Gas prices in Arkansas
- How much is gas in Arkansas right now?
- Regular gasoline in Arkansas is estimated at about $3.93 a gallon this week. That starts from the EIA's Gulf Coast average of $3.911 and adjusts it for Arkansas's fuel tax, which is 1.6¢ a gallon above the average across the region's states. The national average is $4.354.
- How much is the gas tax in Arkansas?
- Arkansas charges 24.70¢ a gallon in state excise tax plus 0.30¢ in other per-gallon taxes and fees, 25.00¢ in all. That ranks 36 of 51 (the 50 states and D.C.), highest first. With the 18.4¢ federal tax, a gallon carries 43.4¢ of tax.
- Is gas cheaper in a state next to Arkansas?
- On tax alone, yes. Oklahoma has the lowest fuel tax of Arkansas's neighbours at 20.0¢ a gallon, 5.0¢ less than Arkansas. On a 15-gallon fill that is $0.75 less tax. Station prices vary, so the saving at any one pump can be larger or smaller.
- Why is there no official weekly gas price for Arkansas?
- The EIA's weekly survey samples about 1,000 stations nationwide, enough for reliable regional averages and for nine large states, but not for every state on its own. Arkansas is counted in the Gulf Coast series, which is updated every Monday and published on Tuesday.