Regional fuel market
Weekly average from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, week of November 2, 2026. Below: where this sits in its 52-week range, what the price is made of, and what actually moves this market.
The EIA reports this region as PADD 3, one of five districts it uses for fuel data.
The U.S. oil price has risen $13.60 a barrel over the past month. Gas prices usually catch up within 2 to 4 weeks, as fuel made from that oil reaches stations.
Our reading of the last 52 weeks of EIA data for this market. Updated when EIA publishes its weekly survey each Tuesday morning.
At $3.636 a gallon, Gulf Coast is in the middle of its past-year range. The cheapest week of the last year was $2.372 in January 2026; the most expensive was $3.989 in May 2026. Over the past four weeks the price has moved down 7.0%, and up 0.9% over three months.
Week-to-week, this market is among the most volatile fuel markets in the US — prices vary by 17.6% around their own average, against a typical US regional figure of roughly 5–7%.
Gulf Coast is currently $0.517 below the national average. Its typical gap over the past year has been $0.448 below the nation, so the current gap is $0.069 narrower than usual.
Ranked by pump price. Click a region to view its dashboard.
| # | Region | Regular ↑ | vs others | vs last wk | Mid | Prem | Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ | Texas | $3.578 | -0.054 | $4.10 | $4.44 | — | |
| 2 | Gulf Coastyou | $3.636 | -0.066 | $4.17 | $4.51 | $5.91 | |
| 3 | Lower Atlantic | $3.695 | -0.137 | $4.19 | $4.57 | $5.81 | |
| 4 | Florida | $3.791 | -0.226 | $4.27 | $4.60 | — | |
| 5 | East Coast | $3.936 | -0.086 | $4.45 | $4.85 | $6.03 | |
| 6 | Minnesota | $4.017 | -0.129 | $4.39 | $4.97 | — | |
| 7 | Colorado | $4.068 | -0.390 | $4.46 | $4.83 | — | |
| 8 | Ohio | $4.090 | -0.290 | $4.67 | $5.26 | — | |
| 9 | Midwest | $4.102 | -0.167 | $4.58 | $5.20 | $6.40 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts | $4.104 | -0.041 | $4.75 | $5.14 | — | |
| 11 | New England | $4.145 | -0.054 | $4.79 | $5.16 | $6.42 | |
| 12 | U.S. National Average | $4.153 | -0.116 | $4.76 | $5.16 | $6.29 | |
| 13 | Rocky Mountain | $4.213 | -0.245 | $4.57 | $4.89 | $6.45 | |
| 14 | New York | $4.217 | -0.032 | $4.73 | $5.15 | — | |
| 15 | Central Atlantic | $4.232 | -0.019 | $4.75 | $5.11 | $6.49 | |
| 16 | West Coast outside California | $4.771 | -0.097 | $5.19 | $5.43 | $6.58 | |
| 17 | Washington | $5.095 | -0.108 | $5.42 | $5.63 | — | |
| 18 | West Coast | $5.296 | -0.121 | $5.77 | $5.94 | $7.27 | |
| ↑ | California | $5.748 | -0.140 | $6.07 | $6.20 | $8.08 |
Gasoline is made from crude oil, so oil prices lead pump prices by a few weeks. Prices are in dollars per barrel (42 gallons). Traders call the U.S. price WTI and the world price Brent.
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| Crude oil | $2.552 | 70% | U.S. oil (WTI) at $107.17 a barrel ÷ 42 gallons |
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Tax is not broken out for multi-state regions because each state within Gulf Coast sets its own rate. See our state gas tax comparison for every rate in the country.
Diesel is running at $5.912, a spread of $2.276 over regular. Diesel and home heating oil come off the same refinery stream, so that gap usually widens in winter.
The Gulf Coast refines roughly half the nation’s fuel, which is why it is almost always the cheapest place in America to fill up.
This is the source region, not a destination. Product moves out of the Gulf Coast by pipeline to the East Coast and Midwest and by ship to export markets in Latin America and Europe. Local drivers buy at the point of production with minimal transport cost.
Texas and Louisiana host the largest concentration of refining capacity in the world outside of Asia, including Motiva Port Arthur, ExxonMobil Baytown and Marathon Garyville, each capable of processing well over 500,000 barrels per day.
Much of the region uses conventional gasoline, though Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth require reformulated blends in summer. Conventional gasoline is cheaper to make and easier to source, reinforcing the price advantage.
Hurricane season. A storm that shutters Gulf refining raises prices nationally, but the local supply glut that follows a demand collapse can briefly push Gulf prices lower even as the rest of the country pays more.