Local pump prices vary widely across the country
The Wall Street Journal published a national and local comparison of gasoline and diesel prices on October 24, 2026, under the title “How Expensive is Gasoline Where You Live?” The Journal reported that an extended ceasefire eased prices from late June into July, and that gasoline and diesel have climbed again since late summer and into the fall.
The Journal described those swings as fluctuations, and said they have changed the way Americans budget for the pump. On that account, the autumn increase extends a pattern of movement in both directions rather than establishing a settled level: prices eased under the ceasefire, and they have risen since late summer.
Geography is the second half of the comparison. The price of gas varies widely across the country, the Journal said, and the piece sets out how fuel prices compare nationally and locally.
Gasoline and diesel appear together in the article’s account, and the Journal reported the same direction for both: easing from late June into July, then a climb since late summer and into the fall.
The Journal’s article identifies Drew An-Pham as a graphics reporter specializing in cartography and data visualization. Before joining the Journal, An-Pham worked as a graphics editor at Science Magazine and as a cartographer at Apple Maps. Lakshmi Ketineni is identified as a newsroom graphics developer and data engineer; her expertise includes building and maintaining tools to help journalists work better, along with web applications, data visualizations and data pipelines. The Journal credited Christopher Mims with the piece’s keywords.
The Journal also set out the terms of the piece: it is an explanatory article that may be periodically updated.