State's latest fuel survey put Alaska gasoline at $6.63 a gallon, and it is seven months old

Unleaded gasoline averaged $6.63 a gallon in January across the 99 Alaska communities surveyed by the state Division of Community and Regional Affairs, more than double the national average of $2.70. That survey, published Feb. 17, is still the most recent one the state has issued.

Alatna and Hughes reported the highest price at $11.50 a gallon. Southeast averaged the lowest at $4.73, and the Western and Northern regions the highest at $7.97 and $7.92. The statewide figure was 1.8% below the $6.75 the same survey found in summer 2025.

Heating fuel averaged $6.49 a gallon across the 92 unsubsidized communities that reported, against $3.67 nationally. North Slope communities are left out of that average because the borough subsidizes fuel there.

Kwigillingok could not be surveyed at all. Much of the community evacuated after Typhoon Halong, and the division said services had not returned to normal.

The gap between the surveyed communities and the national average was $3.93 a gallon in January. It has exceeded $3.25 in every survey since Winter 2023, and the division said it is not in a position to speculate on the cause, given how little crude prices moved.

Prices have climbed past the January figures since. In a July 16 interview, Senate candidate Mary Peltola said people in Noatak were paying $21 a gallon, and that residents of St. Mary's paying $9 or $10 expected to pay $14 or $15.