Los Angeles Gas Prices Fall 12 Cents in a Week to $5.98 in the Metro Average
The weekly AAA figures current as of November 2 put Los Angeles-Long Beach at $5.98 a gallon — down 1.9 percent on the week, still $1.22 above a year ago, with diesel at $8.38.
Gas prices in the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area stood at $5.98 a gallon in the AAA figures current as of November 2, down 12 cents — 1.9 percent — on the week, according to the Stacker compilation of AAA data read this cycle. The California average was $5.91, and Los Angeles's price remains $1.22 — 25.6 percent — higher than a year ago.
Diesel in the metro area was $8.38 a gallon in the same figures. The metro's historical expensive price remains $6.49, set October 5, 2022, and Monday's crude-market break — U.S. oil falling below $100 a barrel, covered by this station as SQ-20261102-051 — is the kind of move analysts say can pull pump prices down further if wholesale drops hold, though stations adjust gradually as inventory turns over.
The weekly frame is distinct from the county's daily count: the Los Angeles County average fell to $5.977 on Sunday, its 30th drop in 31 days on AAA and Oil Price Information Service figures, after a 44-day streak of increases had brought it within 5.4 cents of its record high. For drivers filling up for Election Day trips to vote centers across the county on Tuesday, the direction, at least, is finally down.
