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⛽ Gallon of regular gas by Year (1949–2025)

In 1949 it cost 27¢ (per gallon). In 2025 it was $3.26, and the latest figure (Sep 2026) is $4.48. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 1998 and most expensive in 2012.

0¢$1.44$2.89$4.33$5.7819501960197019801990200020102020
Price at the timeIn today's money
YearPrice thenIn today's money
2025$3.26$3.41
2024$3.45$3.70
2023$3.66$4.05
2022$4.09$4.71
2021$3.05$3.79
2020$2.17$2.83
2019$2.64$3.47
2018$2.73$3.67
2017$2.41$3.31
2016$2.14$3.01
2015$2.45$3.48
2014$3.37$4.79
2013$3.53$5.10
2012$3.64$5.35
2011$3.53$5.28
2010$2.79$4.31
2009$2.35$3.69
2008$3.27$5.11
2007$2.80$4.55
2006$2.59$4.33
2005$2.29$3.96
2004$1.88$3.35
2003$1.59$2.91
2002$1.36$2.54
2001$1.46$2.78
2000$1.51$2.95
1999$1.17$2.36
1998$1.06$2.19
1997$1.23$2.59
1996$1.23$2.64
1995$1.15$2.54
1994$1.11$2.53
1993$1.11$2.58
1992$1.13$2.71
1991$1.14$2.82
1990$1.16$3.00
1989$1.02$2.78
198895¢$2.70
198795¢$2.81
198693¢$2.85
1985$1.20$3.77
1984$1.21$3.93
1983$1.24$4.20
1982$1.30$4.53
1981$1.38$5.11
1980$1.25$5.09
197990¢$4.19
197867¢$3.46
197766¢$3.65
197661¢$3.64
197557¢$3.55
197453¢$3.64
197339¢$2.94
197236¢$2.91
197136¢$3.03
197036¢$3.10
196935¢$3.20
196834¢$3.26
196733¢$3.35
196632¢$3.33
196531¢$3.34
196430¢$3.30
196330¢$3.34
196231¢$3.41
196131¢$3.47
196031¢$3.54
195931¢$3.53
195830¢$3.55
195731¢$3.72
195630¢$3.71
195529¢$3.66
195429¢$3.64
195329¢$3.61
195227¢$3.48
195127¢$3.53
195027¢$3.75
194927¢$3.79

How to read this

“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether gas really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (regular gasoline, U.S. city average retail price incl. taxes; leaded until 1975, unleaded from 1976) (series APU000074714). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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