WILDOMAR CA — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Southwest Riverside County declined eight-tenths of a cent to $4.36, making gasoline the lowest price since mid-January.
The lowest gas prices Patch found in Wildomar were at Round Up Gas on Palomar Street, where gas was selling at $4.29 per gallon.
Gas is also cheap in nearby membership warehouses, Costco and Sam's Club, was selling gas at $3.95 per gallon as of Wednesday morning. The next lowest price was found at Temecula's Sinclair Station on CA-79 South at $3.99 per gallon, cash price.
Mid-week, the average fuel price is 2.7 cents lower than it was one week ago, 9.9 cents lower than it was one month ago, and 31.5 cents lower than it was one year ago, according to figures from AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $2.02 since rising to a record $6.37 on Oct. 5, 2022.
"This season’s lower pump prices are due to an abundance of supply in the oil market," AAA spokesperson Aixa Diaz said. Halfway through the year, the national gas price comparison chart shows that prices have remained steady in 2025, compared to recent years. Similarly, the national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station remained at 36 cents, according to Diaz.
The national average price increased 1 cent to $3.16. It is two-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 2 cents more than one month ago, and 35.5 cents less than one year ago. The national average price has dropped $1.86 since rising to a record $5.02 on June 14, 2022.
"With oil prices posting a modest uptick last week, the national average price of gasoline also inched slightly higher, with just over half of U.S. states seeing increases, while nearly two dozen saw declines," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations, said in a statement Monday.
"As we approach the midpoint of the summer driving season, gasoline inventories remain just below average. While renewed tariff discussions could weigh on oil markets due to concerns about economic growth, absent any major developments, we expect the national average to remain rangebound in the low-$3 per gallon area, where it has spent much of the summer," he added.