U.S. regular gas falls 15.8¢ to $3.995 a gallon, the lowest since July 13, 2026
What's new The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline was $3.995 a gallon on Nov. 9, down 15.8¢ from $4.153 on Nov. 2, 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 ($4.153 on Nov. 2, energy_prices #2) the price moved from $4.153 to $3.995 (energy_prices #14342).
It is the lowest weekly price since July 13, 2026, when it was $3.855 (energy_prices #50).
Against the 25 earlier weeks in PostNewz's energy_prices table the median was $4.150 a gallon; $3.995 ranks at the 16th percentile and is 1 typical spreads below the median.
By region, regular sold for $3.481 on the Gulf Coast (energy_prices #14402), $3.847 on the East Coast (energy_prices #14404), $3.868 in the Midwest (energy_prices #14405), $3.946 in the Rocky Mountain region (energy_prices #14401), $5.110 on the West Coast (energy_prices #14403) on Nov. 9.
Diesel averaged $6.127 a gallon nationally (energy_prices #14341), down from $6.292 on Nov. 2 (energy_prices #1).
Room for disagreement
A national average hides wide local differences: the five regional averages ranged from $3.481 (Gulf Coast) to $5.110 (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 10, 4:31 PM UTC): U.S. regular gasoline $3.995 on 2026-11-09 (energy_prices #14342) and $4.153 on 2026-11-02 (energy_prices #2), series EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG from the EIA API v2 (petroleum/pri/gnd, weekly; fetched 2026-11-10 15:47 UTC by postnewz-energy-feed); chart: 26 weeks of the same series; lowest since 2026-07-13 (energy_prices #50); regions: R10 energy_prices #14404, R20 energy_prices #14405, R30 energy_prices #14402, R40 energy_prices #14401, R50 energy_prices #14403; diesel EMD_EPD2D_PTE_NUS_DPG energy_prices #14341. Written by code from those rows (pnjour2-pnj-v31, gas price story; no model prose); neutrality check passed. All dates and times are UTC.