August 2026 was the most expensive August ever at the pump in the US. What was the national average price for a gallon of regular?
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$4.06
Gas averaged $4.06 a gallon in August 2026, breaking the August record of $3.98 set in 2022. Crude oil hovering near $86 a barrel set the price, pushed up by instability in the Strait of Hormuz. In Texas a gallon cost $3.56 that month, while Californians paid $5.46.
US gas averaged $4.06 a gallon in August 2026, the most expensive August on record. August 2022 held the old record at $3.98.
Source: EIA · checked Aug 2026