Denver Gas Prices

Denver gas prices this week

The Denver metro averaged $4.407 per gallon for regular gasoline in the week ending Oct 26, 2026. The metro average rose $0.160 from the previous week, and it is $0.051 below the Colorado statewide average of $4.458. Against the national average of $4.269, Denver is $0.138 more expensive.

Denver is the largest metro in the Rocky Mountain region with a published weekly EIA average. Prices are usually close to the national average, but altitude and mountain driving change real-world fuel economy.

What drives prices in Denver

• Commerce City and Denver refineries supply the Front Range.
• The state’s retail delivery fee and clean-transport fees add a few cents per transaction.
• Altitude reduces engine power, so drivers use more throttle on climbs.

Metro averages smooth out station-level differences, but they are still the right baseline for budgeting. A station a few blocks from a highway ramp can easily charge 20 cents more than one on a secondary road in the same county.

Areas covered by the Denver average

The metro series includes the core city and the surrounding communities that share its fuel distribution network: Aurora, Lakewood, Boulder, Centennial, Thornton, Golden. Prices in outlying counties can run 10 to 25 cents lower or higher depending on local taxes and distance from the nearest terminal.

Commuting cost in Denver

Front Range commutes are long and often include grade changes. A vehicle rated at 28 mpg can average closer to 24 mpg on a daily mountain commute.

A simple benchmark: a 30-mile round trip at 28 MPG costs about $4.72 per day at the current Denver average. Over 260 working days that is roughly $1228 per year. Use the commute cost calculator with your real mileage, and the gas mileage calculator if you are not sure what MPG your car actually returns in city traffic.

How to pay less at the pump in Denver

1. Start with membership warehouses: Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's typically undercut nearby stations by 10 to 30 cents.
2. Check stations one exit past your usual stop — highway-adjacent stations price for convenience, not for locals.
3. Use a station-level app for the final address; use this page to judge whether the price you see is normal for the metro.
4. Fix the cheap things first: tire pressure, air filter, and removing unused roof racks each return 2 to 6 percent of fuel economy.

How this page is built

The Denver series is the EIA's published metro retail average, updated weekly and restated in dollars per gallon including taxes. We rebuild this page every week after the survey release and print the survey week at the top so there is no ambiguity about the date. See the methodology and data sources pages for details.