How expensive is gas in the islands?
It varies quite a bit. While it tends to be on the high side, it is not always more expensive than on the mainland (at least not compared to California), though in late 2001 Hawaiians were paying quite a bit more than southern Californians, and complaining quite loudly about the differential. For the islands most popular among tourists, gas prices seem to be lowest on Oahu, and highest on Maui. Some places where gas is unusually expensive are Lanai (only one gas station on the whole island — $2.649/gal. for regular unleaded in mid-November 2001, well over $3/gal. by late 2004, and topped $5/gal. in 2008), the east end of Maui (only one gas station in Hana, a two hour-plus drive to the next nearest gas station, that often charges about 25-35¢/gallon more than stations in central Maui, and sometimes more), and Molokai (the gas stations in Kaunakakai charge about 10¢/gallon above central Maui prices). I might add that the one gas station now in Hana has only one gas pump with limited hou
