U.S. regular gas falls 11.6¢ to $4.153 a gallon, the lowest since Aug. 31, 2026
What's new The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline was $4.153 a gallon on Nov. 2, down 11.6¢ from $4.269 on Oct. 26, in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's weekly survey.
Why it matters It is the national average of the retail prices EIA collects from gasoline stations every Monday, the federal government's weekly reading of what drivers pay at the pump.
Against the previous reading ($4.269 on Oct. 26, energy_prices #5) the price moved from $4.269 to $4.153 (energy_prices #2).
It is the lowest weekly price since Aug. 31, 2026, when it was $4.071 (energy_prices #29).
Against the 25 earlier weeks in PostNewz's energy_prices table the median was $4.150 a gallon; $4.153 ranks at the 52nd percentile and is at the median.
By region, regular sold for $3.636 on the Gulf Coast (energy_prices #5344), $3.936 on the East Coast (energy_prices #5341), $4.102 in the Midwest (energy_prices #5345), $4.213 in the Rocky Mountain region (energy_prices #5343), $5.296 on the West Coast (energy_prices #5342) on Nov. 2.
Diesel averaged $6.292 a gallon nationally (energy_prices #1), down from $6.352 on Oct. 26 (energy_prices #4).
Room for disagreement
A national average hides wide local differences: the five regional averages ranged from $3.636 (Gulf Coast) to $5.296 (West Coast) the same week, and any one station can differ from all of them.
About the data
Every figure in this story is read from PostNewz's energy_prices table (36 rows read Nov 6, 4:31 PM UTC): U.S. regular gasoline $4.153 on 2026-11-02 (energy_prices #2) and $4.269 on 2026-10-26 (energy_prices #5), series EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG from the EIA API v2 (petroleum/pri/gnd, weekly; fetched 2026-11-06 04:15 UTC by postnewz-energy-feed); chart: 26 weeks of the same series; lowest since 2026-08-31 (energy_prices #29); regions: R10 energy_prices #5341, R20 energy_prices #5345, R30 energy_prices #5344, R40 energy_prices #5343, R50 energy_prices #5342; diesel EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG energy_prices #1. Written by code from those rows (pngas1-pnj-v21, gas price story; no model prose); neutrality check passed. All dates and times are UTC.