U.S. regular gasoline

Gas prices in today’s dollars

Each bar is that year’s national average, adjusted to August 2026 prices. Obama’s first term starts in 2009.

This week

$4.48

Sep 21, 2026. Highest weekly price of the year so far. Not an annual average.

Obama 2009–2016

  1. 2009$3.67

    pump $2.35

  2. 2010$4.27

    pump $2.78

  3. 2011$5.24

    pump $3.52

  4. 2012$5.28

    pump $3.62

  5. 2013$5.04

    pump $3.51

  6. 2014$4.75

    pump $3.36

  7. 2015$3.43

    pump $2.43

  8. 2016$2.99

    pump $2.14

Trump 2017–2020

  1. 2017$3.30

    pump $2.42

  2. 2018$3.63

    pump $2.72

  3. 2019$3.41

    pump $2.60

  4. 2020$2.81

    pump $2.17

Biden 2021–2024

  1. 2021$3.72

    pump $3.01

  2. 2022$4.52

    pump $3.95

  3. 2023$3.87

    pump $3.52

  4. 2024$3.53

    pump $3.30

Trump 2025–2026

  1. 2025$3.22

    pump $3.10

  2. 2026*$3.79

    pump $3.75 · Jan–Aug average

Bold price is the selected view. The smaller line is the other one. 2026 is January through August only, so it is not comparable to a full year. Scale runs to $6. Sources: EIA regular all-formulations retail price, including taxes. Inflation: BLS CPI-U, August 2026 = 334.980.