New York City gasoline falls 7.1 cents to $4.178
The regular gasoline price in New York City fell 7.1 cents to $4.178 per gallon in the October 26, 2026 week. It has dropped for 5 weeks in a row.
Key figures
- $4.178 per gallon in the October 26, 2026 week
- Down 7.1 cents from the October 19, 2026 week
- Down 20 cents from the September 28, 2026 week
- 126 cents above the October 27, 2025 week
- Highest of 52 weekly prices: $4.507 per gallon
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New York City regular gasoline at $4.178 in the October 26, 2026 week
The Energy Information Administration's weekly figures put regular gasoline in New York City at $4.178 per gallon in the October 26, 2026 week. The weekly table was released on October 27, 2026. The figure is an average across retail sites, not one station's price, and it includes taxes.
The price fell 7.1 cents, or 1.7%, from $4.249 in the October 19, 2026 week, the week before.
Down 20 cents from the September 28, 2026 week, after 5 weeks of decreases
Set against the September 28, 2026 week, when the price was $4.378 per gallon, the October 26 reading was down 20 cents, or 4.6%.
The price has dropped for 5 weeks in a row. Before the October 26 reading, the weekly prices were $4.407 in the September 21, 2026 week, $4.378 in the September 28, 2026 week, $4.340 in the October 5, 2026 week, $4.314 in the October 12, 2026 week, and $4.249 in the October 19, 2026 week.
Across that run, the price moved down from $4.407 per gallon to $4.178 per gallon.
Up 126 cents from the October 27, 2025 week, and the 52-week range
The nearest EIA week to the date a year before was the October 27, 2025 week, when the price was $2.918 per gallon. The October 26, 2026 price was 126 cents higher, or 43.2% higher.
The 52-week window runs from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026, and it includes 52 weekly prices. Among those 52 prices, the highest was $4.507 per gallon, in the May 11, 2026 week. The lowest was $2.720 per gallon, in the January 26, 2026 week. These highest and lowest readings apply only within that window.
U.S. average at $4.269 in the October 26, 2026 week
The U.S. average regular gasoline price was $4.269 per gallon in the October 26, 2026 week. New York City's price was 9.1 cents below that average in the same week.
Current data on this topic: New York City gas prices: this week's average and history
Computed figures in this story (20)
Each value's source, query and retrieval time are recorded. Every number in the text maps to one of the values below or to a dated record from the story's sources.
- O1 regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) weekly retail survey]: $4.178 per gallon
- O2 regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 19, 2026, one week earlier]: $4.249 per gallon
- O3 change in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of October 19, 2026]: down 7.1 cents
- O4 percentage change in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of October 19, 2026]: down 1.7%
- O5 regular gasoline price [New York City, week of September 28, 2026, four weeks earlier]: $4.378 per gallon
- O6 change in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of September 28, 2026]: down 20 cents
- O7 percentage change in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of September 28, 2026]: down 4.6%
- O8 nearest EIA week to the same date a year earlier [New York City]: the week of October 27, 2025
- O9 regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 27, 2025, a year earlier]: $2.918 per gallon
- O10 gap to a year earlier in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of October 27, 2025]: 126 cents higher
- O11 percentage gap to a year earlier in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026, against the week of October 27, 2025]: 43.2% higher
- O12 weeks with a price in the window [New York City, the 52 weeks from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026]: 52
- O13 highest weekly regular gasoline price [New York City, the 52 weeks from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026]: $4.507 per gallon
- O14 week of the highest price [New York City, the 52 weeks from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026]: the week of May 11, 2026
- O15 lowest weekly regular gasoline price [New York City, the 52 weeks from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026]: $2.720 per gallon
- O16 week of the lowest price [New York City, the 52 weeks from November 3, 2025 to October 26, 2026]: the week of January 26, 2026
- O17 U.S. average regular gasoline price [U.S., week of October 26, 2026; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)]: $4.269 per gallon
- O18 gap between the New York City and U.S. average regular gasoline prices [New York City, week of October 26, 2026]: 9.1 cents below the U.S. average
- O19 unbroken run of weekly decreases in the regular gasoline price [New York City, week of October 26, 2026]: 5 weeks in a row
- O20 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) release date of the weekly table: October 27, 2026
How this story was made
Numbers and comparisons were computed by code from official open data and verified a second time. An AI-assisted writing tool drafted the text from those facts only; a different model checked every claim against the source. Stories involving named private people, crime, health or elections are never published automatically.
