For Thanksgiving travelers, there’s a little good news at the pump: gas prices have remained stable, a far cry from the sticker shock of recent years.
GasBuddy estimates a national average of $3.02 per gallon during the holidays, which matches last year’s price. Both 2024 and 2025 now share the distinction of marking the lowest Thanksgiving gas prices since the pandemic, when the national average reached $3.39 per gallon in 2021 and $3.56 in 2022.
Thanksgiving holiday gas prices tracked by GasBuddy. (GasBuddy/Fox News Digital)
Americans hit the road for Thanksgiving travel with lowest holiday gas prices since the pandemic
And for many drivers, that national stagnation is showing up at the local level, too. According to AAA, average prices are now less than $3 in nearly 30 states from Colorado to New Hampshire to Georgia. Oklahoma tops the list with an average of just $2.50 per gallon.
On the other end of the spectrum, California tops the list of most expensive gasoline markets at $4.63 per gallon, followed by Hawaii at $4.47 and Washington at $4.18. Rounding out the top 10 are Nevada ($3.84), Oregon ($3.81), Alaska ($3.75), Arizona ($3.37) and three states tied at $3.29 – Pennsylvania, Idaho and Illinois.
Trump’s energy agenda delivers lowest holiday gas prices in half a decade
Meanwhile, the cheapest gas can be found in Oklahoma for $2.57, Mississippi for $2.61 and Louisiana for $2.65. Those states are followed by Tennessee ($2.66), Arkansas ($2.67), Texas ($2.70), Kansas ($2.71), Missouri ($2.73), Alabama ($2.73) and Kentucky ($2.74).
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AAA estimates that approximately 82 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Thanksgiving holiday, 1.6 million more than last year, a record high for Thanksgiving travel.
The revelation comes as the Trump administration moves forward on energy dominance, a key pillar of President Donald Trump’s economic and national security agenda.
And while Thanksgiving marks the busiest travel time of the year, it’s not the only time drivers take the day off. This Labor Day, motorists saw the lowest gas prices in half a decade.
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