Find Cheap Gas In Orange County As Fuel Costs Level For The Week (2024)

Community Corner

Where is the cheapest gas in Orange County? Patch did some digging for deals in hopes your next trip to the pump is a bit less painful.

Posted Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 10:25 am PT

On Thursday, the cheapest Orange County gasoline was being pumped at Sam's Club in Fountain Valley, according to GasBuddy.com at $3.82 per gallon of regular, unleaded at Sam's Club on Brookhurst Street and Warner Avenue. The highest gas prices in Orange County we saw Friday were upwards of $4.49 per gallon of regular, unleaded in San Clemente at the 76 station on Camino De Los Mares and I-5.

The crowd-sourced gasoline price alert app, www.GasBuddy.com, reports that the cheapest gasoline can be found at United Oil, Sam's Club and Costco gas stations. The most expensive gasoline recorded by www.GasBuddy.com Thursday was $4.59 at the Chevron Station at Newport Boulevard and Cabrillo Street in Costa Mesa.

That doesn't mean that gasoline is that cheap or expensive at pumps near you. These days, it pays to shop around, use club memberships such as Costco or Sam's Club stations, or utilize cash discounts when it's time to fuel up.

• Seal Beach: $4.29 at Seal Beach Boulevard & Westminster
• Newport Beach: $4.19 at Newport Boulevard and Finley Avenue
• Laguna Beach: $4.09 at Pacific Coast Highway and 3rd Avenue
• Lake Forest: $4.09 at Portola Parkway and Market Place
• Mission Viejo: $4.25 at Trabuco Road and Marguerite Parkway
• Rancho Santa Margarita: $4.09 at Santa Margarita Parkway and Avenida Empresa
• Laguna Niguel: $4.09 at Cabot Road and Crown Valley Parkway
• San Clemente: $4.09 at El Camino Real near Avenida Cadiz
• San Juan Capistrano: $4.09 at Dohney Park Road near Victoria Boulevard

The Orange County average price has risen $1.061 since the start of the year to its highest amount since July 16, 2015, including 68.1 cents during a run of 72 increases in 73 days that ended March 20.

There were significant decreases in gasoline prices during the early stage of the coronavirus pandemic when driving and demand dropped substantially because of stay-at-home orders intended to reduce the spread of the virus.The large price increases are due to a correction in that price drop, according to experts.

Gas prices increased 15 times in 16 days in Los Angeles County. As of Thursday, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County remained unchanged for the day at $4.308.

The average price rose 6.2 cents during those 16 days, including four-tenths of a cent Wednesday, to its highest amount since May 3, 2014, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 3.4 cents more than one week ago, 8 cents higher than one month ago and $1.23 greater than one year ago.

The average price has risen $1.076 since the start of the year because of a sharp increase in the oil price and increased demand due to more people driving to work, according to Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.

Where did you last fuel up? Let us know what price you're paying at the pump in the comments.

City News Service, Patch Editor Ashley Ludwig contributed to this report.