Line chart showing the price of gallon of regular gas in the U.S. from January 2019 to April 2023. Overall, 2023 is shaping up to have lower gas prices than the year before, but still higher than 2019, 2020 and 2021. Gas cost $3.60 in April 2023, compared to $4.11 in April 2022 and $1.84 in April 2020.