Local gas prices have now dropped for two straight months in most areas, and the statewide average price of $4.23 is today at its lowest level since June 2021, according to the Auto Club’s Weekend Gas Watch. That $4.23 average statewide price is three cents lower than last week and 15 cents lower than a year ago today. The average national price is $2.81, which is two cents lower than a week ago, 25 cents lower than on this date last year, and the lowest average price since March 2021.
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $4.38 per gallon, which is five cents lower than last week and six cents lower than last year. In San Diego, the average price is $4.42, which is five cents lower than last week and nine cents lower than the price this time last year.
On the Central Coast, the average price is $4.35, which is three cents less than last week and eight cents lower than last year. In Riverside, the average per-gallon price is $4.13, which is three cents lower than last week and 19 cents lower than a year ago. In Bakersfield, the $4.30 average price is three cents higher than last week and two cents higher than a year ago today.
“Several more Southern California gas stations are now charging less than $3.50 a gallon, and drivers should easily be able to find pump prices lower than $3.70 a gallon in most areas,” said Auto Club spokesperson Doug Shupe.
The annual statewide average gas price for all of 2025 was $4.62 a gallon, which was 14 cents less than the 2024 annual average and the lowest annual average price since 2021’s average of $4.16. The Los Angeles 2025 annual average price was $4.65, ten cents less than the 2024 annual average and also the lowest since 2021, when it was $4.18.
The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline. As of 9 a.m. on Jan. 8, averages are:
