A gallon of gasoline priced in Bitcoin: 2014 to 2025
Priced in fiat
Priced in sats
A gallon of gasoline cost $3.36 in 2014 and $3.10 in 2025 — a change of −7.7% in US dollars across 11 years. The figures are annual averages from US EIA, US Regular All Formulations Gas Price (GASREGW) (series GASREGW). Measured in dollars, the price fell, peaking in 2022 at $3.95.
Priced in bitcoin, the same thing went from 635,161 sats in 2014 to 3,038 sats in 2025 — a change of −100%. That is roughly 209× cheaper in bitcoin terms. The conversion uses the annual average BTC/USD price for each matching year, never a rate borrowed from a different era.
Bitcoin is volatile, and honesty demands showing the steps that ran against the holder. The least flattering single year for this series in bitcoin terms was 2021 to 2022, when the price rose +126% in sats. Over short windows the melting unit can look like the stable one. The direction across the full series is what the chart shows.
At today's spot price, a gallon of gas works out to about 5,901 sats ($3.78). The same object, the same shelf — a different measuring stick.
| Year | US dollars | In bitcoin |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $3.36 | 635,161 sats |
| 2015 | $2.43 | 890,110 sats |
| 2016 | $2.14 | 368,330 sats |
| 2017 | $2.41 | 57,041 sats |
| 2018 | $2.72 | 37,306 sats |
| 2019 | $2.60 | 35,017 sats |
| 2020 | $2.17 | 18,390 sats |
| 2021 | $3.01 | 6,310 sats |
| 2022 | $3.95 | 14,237 sats |
| 2023 | $3.52 | 11,949 sats |
| 2024 | $3.30 | 4,941 sats |
| 2025 | $3.10 | 3,038 sats |
Source: US EIA, US Regular All Formulations Gas Price (GASREGW). Bitcoin price = annual average BTC/USD from Kraken weekly closes; “today” uses the current spot (2026-07-09). Full method on the main page.
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