Gas Prices in 2022
inflation-adjusted (CPI-U)
In 2022, regular gasoline averaged $3.95 a gallon across the U.S., which is $4.35 in 2025 dollars after inflation.
How 2022 ranks in the 1970–2025 record
The 8th-most-expensive year on record — the 49th-cheapest of 56 years.
The highest pump price on record — before adjusting for inflation.
How U.S. prices moved through 2022
Weekly U.S. average for regular gasoline. The year’s high was $5.01 the week of June 13, 2022; the low was $3.09 the week of December 26, 2022 — a swing of 62.0%.
| Month | At the pump | In 2025 $ | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 | $3.31 | $3.78 | 5 |
| Feb 2022 | $3.52 | $3.98 | 4 |
| Mar 2022 | $4.22 | $4.73 | 4 |
| Apr 2022 | $4.11 | $4.59 | 4 |
| May 2022 | $4.44 | $4.91 | 5 |
| Jun 2022 | $4.93 | $5.38 | 4 |
| Jul 2022 | $4.56 | $4.98 | 4 |
| Aug 2022 | $3.98 | $4.34 | 5 |
| Sep 2022 | $3.70 | $4.02 | 4 |
| Oct 2022 | $3.82 | $4.12 | 5 |
| Nov 2022 | $3.69 | $3.97 | 4 |
| Dec 2022 | $3.21 | $3.46 | 4 |
2022 vs. the years on either side
State gas prices in 2022
EIA weekly prices for 2022 are available for these states. Each link opens that state’s price history at 2022.
2022: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the $5 record
The 2022 average was $3.95, 94.3¢ above 2021 and 21.6% higher after inflation. It is the highest annual average in unadjusted dollars in the site’s 1970–2025 record. In inflation-adjusted terms it ranks eighth, below 1980, 1981, 2008, and 2011 through 2014.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 raised crude oil prices and uncertainty in fuel markets. In the week of March 7, the national average rose 49.4¢ to $4.10, the largest weekly increase in the series, and the monthly average went from $3.52 in February to $4.22 in March. At the end of March the federal government announced a release of 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Prices rose again into summer. The national average reached $5.01 in the week of June 13, the highest weekly figure the EIA has recorded. The New York Harbor wholesale price peaked at $4.51 a gallon. The decline afterward was fast: the largest weekly drop, 16¢, came in the week of July 25, and the monthly average fell to $3.70 by September. The year’s low was its final week, December 26, at $3.09, below its first week’s $3.28.
Sources: prices and high/low weeks are EIA weekly retail data (regular, all formulations) from our database; other facts are from the sources listed here.
U.S. gas prices in 2022, answered
- What was the average price of gas in 2022?
- The U.S. average price of regular gasoline in 2022 was $3.95 per gallon — about $4.35 in 2025 dollars after adjusting for inflation, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data.
- How does 2022 rank for gas prices in U.S. history?
- Adjusted for inflation, 2022 was the 8th-most-expensive year for gasoline out of the 56 years on record (1970–2025). In raw at-the-pump dollars it ranks 1st.
- Were gas prices higher in 2022 than in 2021?
- Adjusted for inflation, regular gasoline was more expensive in 2022 than in 2021, up 21.6% year over year ($3.58 → $4.35 in 2025 dollars).
- How high did gas prices get during 2022?
- The U.S. weekly average for regular gasoline peaked at $5.01 the week of June 13, 2022 and bottomed at $3.09 the week of December 26, 2022 during 2022.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2022 is the average of EIA’s weekly U.S. regular (all-formulations) retail prices, the method behind EIA’s published annual figure; the weekly figures above are EIA’s weekly U.S. retail series. Inflation adjustment uses the BLS Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), constant 2025 dollars. How the figures are built.
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Cite as: US Gas Gauge, “Gas Prices in 2022,” usgasgauge.com/gas-prices/history/2022. Source data: U.S. Energy Information Administration.