What Gas Costs
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An independent guide to the price at the pumpData release · 30 September 2026

US / city

Los Angeles

The pump price, taken apart. Every observation keeps its source, date and method.

Dated source observation · 2026-09-28 · 2 days old
Last successful source refresh: 2026-09-30 07:39:45 UTC. A successful refresh does not mean a new price was published. Source status

Reported pump priceUSD 1.63per litre

Observation date2026-09-2828 September 2026

Share paid in taxesUnavailableBreakdown pending

Change from prior week+3.0%Price rank 2 of 2 on the same date

Breakdown pending: verified taxes or contemporaneous benchmarks are missing.

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Price history

Pump price history52 observations from 2025-10-06 to 2026-09-28. USD per litre. Full values are in the accompanying table.0.000.601.191.792025-10-06: USD 1.18/L2025-10-13: USD 1.18/L2025-10-20: USD 1.16/L2025-10-27: USD 1.15/L2025-11-03: USD 1.17/L2025-11-10: USD 1.19/L2025-11-17: USD 1.19/L2025-11-24: USD 1.18/L2025-12-01: USD 1.16/L2025-12-08: USD 1.13/L2025-12-15: USD 1.10/L2025-12-22: USD 1.08/L2025-12-29: USD 1.07/L2026-01-05: USD 1.07/L2026-01-12: USD 1.05/L2026-01-19: USD 1.05/L2026-01-26: USD 1.07/L2026-02-02: USD 1.10/L2026-02-09: USD 1.13/L2026-02-16: USD 1.16/L2026-02-23: USD 1.16/L2026-03-02: USD 1.18/L2026-03-09: USD 1.34/L2026-03-16: USD 1.43/L2026-03-23: USD 1.50/L2026-03-30: USD 1.51/L2026-04-06: USD 1.53/L2026-04-13: USD 1.52/L2026-04-20: USD 1.49/L2026-04-27: USD 1.52/L2026-05-04: USD 1.57/L2026-05-11: USD 1.57/L2026-05-18: USD 1.57/L2026-05-25: USD 1.56/L2026-06-01: USD 1.53/L2026-06-08: USD 1.48/L2026-06-15: USD 1.44/L2026-06-22: USD 1.40/L2026-06-29: USD 1.36/L2026-07-06: USD 1.34/L2026-07-13: USD 1.36/L2026-07-20: USD 1.41/L2026-07-27: USD 1.44/L2026-08-03: USD 1.45/L2026-08-10: USD 1.43/L2026-08-17: USD 1.43/L2026-08-24: USD 1.44/L2026-08-31: USD 1.46/L2026-09-07: USD 1.50/L2026-09-14: USD 1.53/L2026-09-21: USD 1.58/L2026-09-28: USD 1.63/L2025-10-062026-09-28

USD per litre. Line shows the reported pump price; component history is incomplete.

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USD per litre
DatePriceComponents
2025-10-061.183Unavailable
2025-10-131.176Unavailable
2025-10-201.163Unavailable
2025-10-271.147Unavailable
2025-11-031.166Unavailable
2025-11-101.195Unavailable
2025-11-171.194Unavailable
2025-11-241.175Unavailable
2025-12-011.161Unavailable
2025-12-081.131Unavailable
2025-12-151.102Unavailable
2025-12-221.075Unavailable
2025-12-291.066Unavailable
2026-01-051.066Unavailable
2026-01-121.051Unavailable
2026-01-191.049Unavailable
2026-01-261.068Unavailable
2026-02-021.102Unavailable
2026-02-091.130Unavailable
2026-02-161.160Unavailable
2026-02-231.164Unavailable
2026-03-021.178Unavailable
2026-03-091.342Unavailable
2026-03-161.429Unavailable
2026-03-231.497Unavailable
2026-03-301.514Unavailable
2026-04-061.532Unavailable
2026-04-131.516Unavailable
2026-04-201.492Unavailable
2026-04-271.525Unavailable
2026-05-041.570Unavailable
2026-05-111.568Unavailable
2026-05-181.566Unavailable
2026-05-251.555Unavailable
2026-06-011.531Unavailable
2026-06-081.483Unavailable
2026-06-151.444Unavailable
2026-06-221.396Unavailable
2026-06-291.359Unavailable
2026-07-061.345Unavailable
2026-07-131.358Unavailable
2026-07-201.406Unavailable
2026-07-271.439Unavailable
2026-08-031.446Unavailable
2026-08-101.433Unavailable
2026-08-171.427Unavailable
2026-08-241.442Unavailable
2026-08-311.461Unavailable
2026-09-071.501Unavailable
2026-09-141.534Unavailable
2026-09-211.581Unavailable
2026-09-281.629Unavailable

USD per litre, independent of the volume selector. Only verified observations are shown; some regions have short histories. Source changes and gaps are not interpolated.

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