A Walmart gas station that recently opened in Peoria has gas prices at $3.09 per gallon on Oct. 31, 2025. (Independent Newsmedia/Jeff Wendt)
Valley drivers are seeing their gas dollars stretch a bit further as the price of a gallon of gas has dropped to $3.32 a gallon, a 4 cent drop from the previous week.
Heading into November, drivers may see gas prices continue to fall and perhaps stay low over the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period, according to Julian Paredes of AAA Arizona.
“Fewer people drive during the fall, so demand for gas drops and gas prices follow,” Paredes said. “There is no way to exactly predict where gas prices will go, but gas prices historically peak during summer, slowly drop during fall, bottom out during winter before rising again in spring.”
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Valley drivers are seeing their gas dollars stretch a bit further as the price of a gallon of gas has dropped to $3.32 a gallon, a 4 cent drop from the previous week.
Heading into November, drivers may see gas prices continue to fall and perhaps stay low over the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period, according to Julian Paredes of AAA Arizona.
“Fewer people drive during the fall, so demand for gas drops and gas prices follow,” Paredes said. “There is no way to exactly predict where gas prices will go, but gas prices historically peak during summer, slowly drop during fall, bottom out during winter before rising again in spring.”
The lowest gas prices in Maricopa County according to GasBuddy.com are $2.99 in Tempe and Gilbert, $3.09 in Peoria, $3.15 in Glendale, $3.17 in Scottsdale and $3.19 in Surprise.
“Arizona almost always has fuel prices higher than the national average because we are a geographically larger state, which makes transportation expensive,” Paredes said. “We are a populous state, so higher demand. And we source a significant amount of fuel from California, which is expensive because of local regulations and taxes.”
Nationwide prices are averaging $3.03 a gallon, and Arizona is the eighth most market in the nation. California ($4.57 per gallon) ranks the highest, while Texas and Oklahoma ($2.59 a gallon) are the lowest in the nation.
Meet Jeff Jeff Wendt started at Independent Newsmedia in January 2023, after 25 years working for Gannett and The Arizona Republic. Started as a high school sports scoretaker, worked up to reporting high school sports and then became an associate high school sports editor in 2002. Also worked in the Design Studio as a copy editor.
Community: Jeff serves on the Board of Elders at his local church.
Education: Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication
Random fact: Attended Game 2 of the 2001 World Series.
Hobbies: Playing video games (yes still the kid in me), watching reality TV, playing poker.
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