Gasoline Prices Drop Toward Pandemic-Era Lows

OilPrice · Alex Kimani · last updated October 21, 2025 – 4:23 PM

The national average price of gasoline dropped below $3 a gallon over the weekend, with many U.S. motorists now paying significantly less than they did a year ago. According to popular fuel savings platform GasBuddy, average national gas prices clocked in at $2.969 per gallon on Monday, 16 cents lower than a year ago while the median U.S. gas price was $2.82 per gallon. However, prices remain widely skewed depending on the states, with motorists in California paying an average of $4.624 per gallon as per the AAA, more than $2 more than in Oklahoma…

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