Bellevue-area gas holds near $6 while diesel stays just under $7
AAA’s latest metro check shows Bellevue-area regular gas near $6 and diesel near $7, still well above Washington and U.S. averages.
Bellevue-area drivers are still paying near-$6 gas, and diesel is still close to $7. AAA’s latest check for the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro puts regular at $5.954 a gallon and diesel at $6.998 as of May 11, 2026. Regular slipped 0.6 cent from yesterday, but it is still up 9.6 cents from a week ago, 33.3 cents from a month ago, and $1.473 from a year ago. Diesel eased 0.9 cent from yesterday and is essentially flat week to week, but it remains down 9.5 cents from a month ago and up $2.367 from a year ago.
For commuters, the message is simple: the daily fill-up is still expensive, even if the day-to-day move is tiny. A Bellevue-area household with two drivers and a service business keeping multiple vehicles on the road will feel that higher baseline every week, not just when prices jump.
The metro premium also remains obvious when compared with the wider market. AAA lists Washington’s average regular gas price at $5.762 and diesel at $6.811, so the Seattle-Bellevue-Everett metro is about 19 cents higher on each fuel. The national averages are much lower, at $4.520 for regular and $5.636 for diesel, which leaves local drivers paying roughly $1.43 more for a gallon of regular and about $1.36 more for a gallon of diesel than the U.S. average.
That gap matters most for people who can’t avoid the pump: delivery drivers, contractors, landscapers, restaurant operators, and commuters with long drives into Bellevue, Seattle, or the Eastside. Diesel near $7 can work its way into freight, service calls, and customer bills, while near-$6 regular gasoline keeps weekend trips and school-run driving expensive even without a sudden spike. EIA’s latest weekly fuel update also shows West Coast gasoline and diesel prices still well above national levels, which helps explain why Puget Sound drivers keep seeing higher numbers at the pump.
The takeaway for Bellevue-area readers is that prices are edging, not plunging. A fraction-of-a-cent decline does not change the broader picture: regular gas is still sitting near the $6 mark, diesel is still near $7, and both remain much higher than they were a year ago. If you are filling up around Bellevue, the practical question now is where the cheapest station is—not whether the metro average has suddenly become affordable.
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