Merced County gas prices keep slipping: Which station is cheapest as of July 13?
Merced County gasoline prices averaged $5.40 per gallon in the latest survey by AAA. The July 13 figure was down 2 cents from a week earlier and 50 cents from a month ago.
The cheapest of the stations in the latest GasBuddy.com report was $4.69 a gallon at Diamond Gas and Market in Merced. The survey is for regular-grade fuel.
Prices had surged in Merced County and beyond with the war in Iran earlier this year. The local average was $4.38 a gallon a year ago.
Gasbuddy’s latest nationwide average is $3.82 a gallon, the first uptick in eight weeks. It was 71 cents lower than July 2025.
California has a fuel tax of $63.4 cents, spent on road and transit improvements. Other fees go to various clean-air efforts.
Gas prices could rise again this week as U.S.-Iran ceasefire appears to have stopped and disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz have returned.
This story was originally published July 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM with the headline "Merced County gas prices keep slipping: Which station is cheapest as of July 13?."
