Comparing Gasoline Fuel Prices Across the West and High Plains

I just checked to see what the local gasoline fuel prices are here in Cheyenne and the price has hit $3.21 per gallon pretty much across the board. I expect another 10 to 12 cents increase this week as Memorial Day arrives which will make the price $10 for 3 gallons !!! I am now starting to think it may get to around $3.60 or more by Independence Day and then start the annual summer downward drift to where it is now by the end of September. Unless of course, the Bush Junta starts an act of war with Iran and then who knows how high it will go -- $5, $6, $7 per gallon which will utterly mangle the economy and lead to social unrest and increased crime.

I decided to see what prices are like in other areas in the region and see how they compare. There is a wide price disparity of better than 30 % from the lowest in Yuma to the highest in Los Angeles. Here is what my research shows and I would not be surprised if the prices have already gone up since the information was published.


Yuma: $2.86 to $2.96
Tucson: $2.93 to $3.03
Phoenix: $2.97 to $3.10

Rapid City: $3.04 to $3.35
Rock Springs: $3.06 to $3.16
Midland: $3.06 to $3.30
Las Vegas: $3.07 to $3.25
Great Falls: $3.08 to $3.29
Sheridan: $3.09 to $3.19
Boise: $3.09 to $3.29

Billings: $3.10 to $3.29
Helena: $3.11 to $3.29
El Paso: $3.11 to $3.31
Salt Lake: $3.12 to $3.29
Lubbock: $3.14 to $3.39
Denver: $3.14 to $3.61

Jackson: $3.15 to $3.30
Scottsbluff: $3.15 to $3.36
Colorado Spgs: $3.15 to $3.47
Fort Collins: $3.16 to $3.35
Missoula: $3.16 to $3.37
Carson City: $3.17 to $3.45
Miles City: $3.18 to $3.29
Grand Junction: $3.18 to $3.35
Arvada: $3.19 to $3.29
Amarillo: $3.19 to $3.39
Riverside: $3.19 to $3.69
Elko: $3.19 to $3.79
Sacramento: $3.19 to $4.00
Los Angeles: $3.19 to $4.10

Albuquerque: $3.20 to $3.49
Boulder: $3.21 to $3.39
Fresno: $3.21 to $3.49
Spokane: $3.22 to $3.40
Bakersfield: $3.23 to $3.43
Reno: $3.23 to $3.46
San Jose: $3.23 to $3.81
Kalispell: $3.24 to $3.34
Craig: $3.24 to $3.38
San Diego: $3.24 to $3.87

Pueblo $3.25 to $3.39
Farmington: $3.25 to $3.39
Oakland: $3.25 to $3.75
Castle Rock: $3.27 to $3.39
Portland: $3.27 to $3.49
Seattle: $3.27 to 3.59
Dickinson: $3.29 to $3.39
Red Bluff: $3.29 to $3.49
Tacoma: $3.29 to $3.55

Winnemucca: $3.30 to $3.48
Bellingham: $3.37 to $3.59
Alamosa: $3.39 to $3.49
Corvallis: $3.39 to $3.49
Medford: $3.39 to $3.49

San Francisco: $3.40 to $4.00
Durango: $3.49 to $3.65
Eureka: $3.49 to $3.69
Flagstaff: $3.49 to $3.69

I would think these general market ranges and comparative disparities between markets will continue well through the summer and probably beyond.