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How gas prices have changed in North Carolina in the last week

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Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in North Carolina using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of May 22.

North Carolina by the numbers

- Gas current price: $4.23

- Week change: +$0.01 (+0.3%)

- Year change: +$1.34 (+46.6%)

- Historical expensive gas price: $4.67 (6/13/22)

- Diesel current price: $5.37

- Week change: -$0.06 (-1.2%)

- Year change: +$1.99 (+58.9%)

- Historical expensive diesel price: $5.81 (4/7/26)

Metros with most expensive gas in North Carolina

#1. Durham-Chapel Hill: $4.28

#2. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News: $4.28

#3. Wilmington: $4.27

#4. Burlington: $4.27

#5. Asheville: $4.26

#6. Raleigh: $4.26

#7. Winston-Salem: $4.25

#8. Greensboro: $4.25

#9. Jacksonville: $4.23

#10. New Bern: $4.22

#11. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill (NC only): $4.21

#12. Rocky Mount: $4.20

#13. Goldsboro: $4.18

#14. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton: $4.18

#15. Fayetteville: $4.14

States with the least expensive gas

#1. Indiana: $4.00

#2. Mississippi: $4.01

#3. Georgia: $4.03

#4. Louisiana: $4.05

#5. Oklahoma: $4.08

Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.

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#5. Alaska

- Regular gas price: $5.28

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Elen Nika // Shutterstock

#4. Oregon

- Regular gas price: $5.34

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Istvan Csak // Shutterstock

#3. Hawaii

- Regular gas price: $5.65

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jittawit21 // Shutterstock

#2. Washington

- Regular gas price: $5.78

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Daniel Avram // Shutterstock

#1. California

- Regular gas price: $6.13

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This story was originally published April 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM.

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