{"id":2620725,"date":"2026-06-29T06:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-drop-to-3-86-per-gallon-the-lowest-national-average-price-since-march\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:40:39","slug":"gas-prices-drop-to-3-86-per-gallon-the-lowest-national-average-price-since-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-drop-to-3-86-per-gallon-the-lowest-national-average-price-since-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices drop to $3.86 per gallon, the lowest national average price since March"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-drop-to-3-86-per-gallon-the-lowest-national-average-price-since-march%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gas prices in the U.S. have continued to decline, with the national average for a gallon of regular gas dropping nearly seven cents to $3.86, the lowest sence March 19.As peaking at a record high of $4.564 during 2026, prices have steadily decreased over the past weeks, despite recent tensions between Iran and the U.S. However, the recent decline has slowed, and the price has stabilized around $3.86.President Donald Trump criticized oil companies for not passing on the full benefit of falling oil prices to consumers, suggesting the price should be around $2.26 per gallon. Gas prices have fluctuated substantially throughout 2026, influenced by geopolitical events and seasonal factors, from a low of $2.79 in January to over $4.56 in February, then decreasing again. Regional differences are notable,with Hawaii now having the highest average gas price at $5.499 per gallon,while Indiana has the lowest at $3.216. Prices vary greatly across states, especially between the West Coast and Midwest\/South regions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national average price for a gallon of regular gas continued to drop on Monday, even after the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4627971\/iran-us-ceasefire-hormuz-ship-strikes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> tit-for-tat military strikes<\/a> between Iran and the United States occurred in recent days. Gas prices dropped nearly seven cents from a week ago to $3.86 per gallon on Monday, according to AAA. It is the lowest price for a gallon of regular gas <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4497030\/gas-prices-increases-to-3-884-per-gallon-nearly-30-cents-higher-than-a-week-ago\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since March 19<\/a>, when it was $3.88 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gas prices have steadily decreased since May 21 after a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4577598\/gas-prices-rise-to-new-national-average-record-high-price-for-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record high for 2026 was set at $4.564 per gallon<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-national-average-cost-for-regular-gas-falls-to-3-011-per-gallon-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: ... cost for ... falls to ....011 per ... - Washington Examiner\">highest national average price<\/a> for a gallon of regular gas at any point during either term of President Donald Trump. Except for last week, when <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4622321\/gas-prices-drop-of-nearly-60-cents-per-gallon-in-the-last-month\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fuel costs increased by the slightest of margins<\/a>, going from $3.926 per gallon on Tuesday to Wednesday\u2019s price of $3.928 per gallon, gas prices have dropped for five consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4624216\/dr-oz-demands-fraud-audits-union-dues-home-health-workers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Dr. Oz demands fraud audits of union dues of home-health workers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4623965\/trump-gas-prices-price-gouging\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump claims gas prices should be at $2.25, blames price gouging<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4622321\/gas-prices-drop-of-nearly-60-cents-per-gallon-in-the-last-month\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Gas prices: Drop of nearly 60 cents per gallon in the last month<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, after pretty substantial decreases at the pumps in recent weeks, the pace of those decreases has slowed. Monday\u2019s price was essentially the same as Sunday\u2019s national average. Over the last week, the average cost of a gallon of regular gas dropped by only about seven cents per gallon. Seven days ago, gas was $3.929 per gallon. A month ago, the average price for regular gas in the nation was $4.391 per gallon, marking a 53-cent drop in fuel costs over the past 30 days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current decrease at the pumps, however, was not good enough for Trump. Last week, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4623965\/trump-gas-prices-price-gouging\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">president blasted oil companies<\/a> for allegedly price gouging and inflating gas prices. Trump suggested, without any explanation, that the national average price for regular gas should be approximately $2.26 per gallon. Trump made the comments during a press conference at the Oval Office on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe should be, in my opinion, at $2.25 right now at the pump, and we\u2019re higher than that,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4623965\/trump-gas-prices-price-gouging\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Trump. \u201cAnd we are doing a big investigation on it, yeah. They\u2019re not reducing the prices commensurate with \u2026 what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He singled out the country\u2019s largest oil and gas companies for taking advantage of consumer pricing because of Operation Epic Fury during the spring. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo it\u2019s Exxon Mobil, it\u2019s Chevron, it\u2019s Shell, it\u2019s BP, it\u2019s a lot of them,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThe gasoline or the oil prices have come down so much, and we are not seeing anything at the pump by comparison to what it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4613880\/gas-prices-drop-below-4-per-gallon-for-first-time-since-march\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gas prices<\/a> have varied considerably throughout 2026, with fuel costs setting both a five-year low and a four-year high in a matter of months. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas dropped to $2.79 on Jan. 12, 2026. This was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-drop-of-nearly-60-cents-per-gallon-in-the-last-month\/\" title=\"...: ... of nearly 60 ... per ... in the last month\">lowest national average gas price<\/a> since 2021. Severe winter weather across the country began causing gas prices to rise slightly in late January, continuing to rise into the $2.90 range in February. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prices began to soar as the military operation commenced on Feb. 28,\u00a0 ultimately reaching the aforementioned high of $4.564 per gallon. Nearly four months later, gas prices dropped below the $4-per-gallon threshold on June 19 for the first time since the end of March. Significant fluctuations in fuel costs could continue in 2026. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, if one thing is certain about U.S. gas prices in 2026, it is that nothing is certain. The inconsistency is the only consistent thing about the gas prices market. The only thing that has remained constant over the last few years is that prices vary greatly by region. The states with the highest gas prices are on the West Coast, whereas the states with the lowest gas prices are located in the Midwest and South.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hawaii is now the state with the highest gas prices in the country, overtaking California for that dubious distinction. Regular gas in the Aloha State on Monday averaged $5.499 per gallon. California is next with a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >statewide average price slightly lower<\/a> than Hawaii\u2019s at $5.455 per gallon. Washington state follows this with a statewide average of $5.189 per gallon. Next is Alaska with a statewide average price of $4.855 per gallon, followed by Oregon at $4.708 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indiana has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-slightly-more-expensive-than-a-week-ago\/\" title=\"...: Slightly more expensive than a ...\">lowest statewide average gas price<\/a> in the country at $3.216 per gallon. This is followed by Texas at $3.298 per gallon. Oklahoma, which was once consistently the state with the lowest gas prices in the nation, fell to third in that category, with an average price of $3.351 per gallon. Tennessee follows with an average price of $3.38 per gallon, and then Kentucky with a statewide average of $3.455 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices fall to $3.86 amid Iran-U.S. tensions, AAA reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2620726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_ww4.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44142,40714,32544,16349,40269],"class_list":["post-2620725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-energy-prices","tag-fuel-prices","tag-gas-prices","tag-gasoline","tag-national-average"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_ww4.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620729,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620725\/revisions\/2620729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}