The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped six-tenths of a cent to $4.476 Tuesday, ending a run of three increases in four days totaling 1.6 cents.
The average price is six-tenths of a cent more than one week ago but 1.1 cents less than one month ago and 8.9 cents lower than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
The average price has dropped $2.017 since rising to a record $6.493 on Oct. 5, 2022.
A nine-day streak of increases to the Orange County average price totaling 3.5 cents ended with a decrease of a half-cent to $4.445. It is 2.2 cents more than one week ago and 1.2 cents higher than one month ago but 4.6 cents less than one year ago.
The Orange County average price has dropped $2.013 since rising to a record $6.458 on Oct. 5, 2022.
The national average price dropped for the fifth consecutive day, decreasing seven-tenths of a cent to $3.13. It has dropped 3 cents over the past five days, including one-tenth of a cent Monday.
The streak of decreases follows a three-day streak of increases totaling 2.2 cents.
The national average price is 1 cent less than one week ago, 1.5 cents lower than one month ago and 28.1 cents below what it was one year ago. It has dropped $1.886 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14, 2022.
“The national average is nearly unchanged from a week ago, with gasoline prices continuing to hover in the same territory where they’ve spent much of 2025 so far — in the low-$3-per-gallon range — as oil prices remain anchored in the $60s,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations, said in a statement Monday.
“Price cycling markets once again led the biggest weekly price changes, with Ohio and Florida seeing a cycle and higher prices last week, while Michigan posted the largest drop and could be due for another jump in the cycle sometime this week. For the majority of motorists in non-cycling states, gas prices will likely remain near current levels as we head toward Labor Day.
“However, it’s worth watching developments around a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. If such an agreement materializes, it could send oil prices lower on expectations that sanctions against Russia might be eased, effectively boosting global oil supply.”