Nevada Gas Prices This Week

In the EIA’s July 2026 (revised August 2026) table of motor fuel taxes, Nevada’s state taxes and fees on gasoline total 23.8¢ a gallon, the 11th-lowest of the 50 states and D.C. The 51-jurisdiction average is 33.8¢, and the federal tax adds 18.4¢ everywhere. The state figure understates the tax in most of Nevada. The EIA notes that county taxes add 5¢ to 10¢ a gallon or more: a 1¢ mandatory county tax plus county option taxes, which a county can set as an indexed rate that rises over time. Small inspection and cleanup fees are also included in the state total.

Nevada has almost no refining. The EIA lists one small refinery, at Ely, with its 2,000 barrels a day of capacity idle. Southern Nevada is supplied by pipeline from the Los Angeles area, and northern Nevada by pipeline from the San Francisco Bay area, so Nevada prices follow California’s wholesale market.

The annual record shows two distinct periods. In the mid-1980s Nevada was among the cheaper states, ranking 6th in 1985 and 2nd-cheapest in 1987, at 5.5¢ below the U.S. average. From the late 1990s it moved to the top of the ranking: Nevada ranked as the most expensive state in 2000, at 19.8¢ above the U.S. average, and ranked between 48th and 51st every year from 1999 through 2005. Its gap averaged 15.5¢ in the 2000s.

Since 2011 the EIA has estimated Nevada’s annual price from the West Coast regional trend (excluding California) applied to its 2010 level. On that basis its gap went from 3.0¢ above the U.S. average in 2011 to 75.0¢ above in 2022 and 67.0¢ above in 2024, following the region. The record annual average is $4.64, in 2022; adjusted for inflation, the high was 2012 ($5.13 in 2025 dollars). The largest one-year increases were in 1979 (35.4%) and 1980 (35.0%).

In the regional weekly series used for Nevada’s estimate, January prices average about 10.7% below the annual level and June prices 6.5% above.

In 2024 Nevada averaged $3.96 a gallon for all grades, taxes included, while the U.S. averaged $3.29. Nevada's 2024 average was 46th-cheapest of the 50 states and D.C., or 6th-most-expensive. In constant 2025 dollars the 2024 average was $4.06.

Of Nevada's 5 bordering states, 3 of 5 averaged less than Nevada in 2024. Nevada averaged 15.6¢ above Arizona ($3.80), 61.1¢ above Idaho ($3.35) and 62.6¢ above Utah ($3.33). It averaged 10.2¢ below Oregon ($4.06) and 46.4¢ below California ($4.42), the bordering state with the highest 2024 average.

Nevada averaged below the U.S. in 9 of 55 years from 1970 to 2024: 1976, 1977, 1984–1988, 1990 and 1991. It averaged above in 46 of 55 years. The largest amount above the U.S. average was 75.9¢, in 2023.

Nevada was 48th-cheapest in 1970 at $0.38, 31st-cheapest in 1980 at $1.25 (tied), and 16th-cheapest in 1990 at $1.14. In 2000 it was 51st-cheapest at $1.67. It was 36th-cheapest in 2010 at $2.83 and 47th-cheapest in 2020 at $2.67.

In constant 2025 dollars, the lowest annual average was $2.26, in 1998. From 2014 to 2024 the pump price rose 16.4%, while the inflation-adjusted figure fell 12.2%. The largest one-year fall in the annual average was 25.3%, in 2009.