2025 Honda Civic MPG and Fuel Cost

The 2025 Honda Civic gets up to 36 mpg combined with a gas engine and up to 49 mpg as a hybrid, across 7 EPA-tested versions.

EPA fuel economy

2025 Honda Civic · 7 EPA-tested versions

Best gas version

36MPG combined

32 city 41 highway

$1,750 a year to fuel

Fuel economy score7/10

2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · 4-door · rated 36 mpg

Best hybrid version

49MPG combined

50 city 47 highway

$1,250 a year to fuel

Fuel economy score8/10

2.0L 4-cyl hybrid · FWD · CVT · 4-door

Best version saves $4,750 in fuel over 5 years vs the average new vehicle (EPA)

Fuel cost: 15,000 miles a year at EPA's $4.00 a gallon (regular gas).

Data: US EPA, fueleconomy.govUpdated Nov 12, 2026

At EPA's price assumptions, fuel costs $1,250 to $3,200 a year. New for 2025: a hybrid version.

Too new to rank against other Civic years

The 2025 Civic has not had three full years of owner complaints yet.

Years to avoid: 2016, 2022, and 2023; best years: 2019 and 2021. Based on owner complaints, not adjusted for sales.

Every Civic year ranked The 2025 Civic's recalls and problems

Every 2025 Civic version

EPA's ratings for each version it tested. Fuel cost is EPA's estimate for 15,000 miles a year at its current prices.

Version	Combined	City / Hwy	Fuel / year
Hybrid
2.0L 4-cyl hybrid · FWD · CVT · 4-door Best EPA listing: Civic 4Dr	49 mpg	50 / 47	$1,250
2.0L 4-cyl hybrid · FWD · CVT · hatchback EPA listing: Civic 5Dr	48 mpg	50 / 45	$1,300
Gas
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · 4-door · rated 36 mpg EPA listing: Civic 4Dr	36 mpg	32 / 41	$1,750
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · 4-door · rated 34 mpg EPA listing: Civic 4Dr	34 mpg	31 / 39	$1,850
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · hatchback EPA listing: Civic 5Dr	34 mpg	30 / 38	$1,850
1.5L turbo 4-cyl · FWD · 6-speed manual EPA listing: Civic 4Dr · Premium fuel	31 mpg	27 / 37	$2,500
2.0L turbo 4-cyl · FWD · 6-speed manual EPA listing: Civic 5Dr · Premium fuel	24 mpg	22 / 28	$3,200

Fuel cost at your prices

EPA's annual cost uses 15,000 miles a year, 55% city driving and its current prices: $4.00 a gallon for regular gas and $5.01 a gallon for premium gas. Change the numbers to match your driving.

Version	Per year	Per month	5 years
2.0L 4-cyl hybrid · FWD · CVT · 4-door	$1,224	$102	$6,122
2.0L 4-cyl hybrid · FWD · CVT · hatchback	$1,250	$104	$6,250
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · 4-door · rated 36 mpg	$1,667	$139	$8,333
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · 4-door · rated 34 mpg	$1,765	$147	$8,824
2.0L 4-cyl · FWD · CVT · hatchback	$1,765	$147	$8,824
1.5L turbo 4-cyl · FWD · 6-speed manual	$2,424	$202	$12,121
2.0L turbo 4-cyl · FWD · 6-speed manual	$3,131	$261	$15,656

At the default settings the results match EPA's annual cost before EPA rounds it to the nearest $50.

Does the hybrid pay for itself? See the payback for every model sold both ways.

Honda Civic MPG by model year

The best-rated version in each model year; the highlighted year is this page. Gas: 29 to 36 mpg (every year from 2010 to 2026); 36 since 2017. Hybrid: 41 to 49 mpg (2010 to 2015, 2025 to 2026); 49 since 2025.

Best gas version
Best hybrid version

2025: gas 36 mpg · hybrid 49 mpg

Show as a table

Honda Civic best combined mpg by model year
Model year	Best gas version	Best hybrid version
2010	29	42
2011	29	41
2012	32	44
2013	33	44
2014	34	44
2015	34	44
2016	35	–
2017	36	–
2018	36	–
2019	36	–
2020	36	–
2021	36	–
2022	36	–
2023	36	–
2024	36	–
2025	36	49
2026	36	49

Every Civic year's ratings in one table

How the 2025 Civic compares

2025 compact cars covered on this site, ranked by their best combined rating. Fuel cost is for each model's cheapest version to run, at EPA's prices.

2025 model	Best combined	Best gas	Fuel / year
Toyota Prius Best: hybrid	57 mpg	–	$1,100
Hyundai Elantra Best: hybrid	54 mpg	36 mpg	$1,150
Toyota Corolla Best: hybrid	50 mpg	35 mpg	$1,250
Honda Civic This page Best: hybrid	49 mpg	36 mpg	$1,250
Nissan Sentra Best: gas	34 mpg	34 mpg	$1,850
Volkswagen Jetta Best: gas	33 mpg	33 mpg	$1,900
Mazda3 Best: gas	31 mpg	31 mpg	$2,000

2025 Civic recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 109 owner complaints for the 2025 Civic.

Owners most often describe steering rack problems (20 complaints, 18%), then power steering problems (11). NHTSA's overall crash rating: 5 stars.

See the 2025 Civic recalls and problems

Questions

How much fuel does the 2025 Civic hybrid save?

Comparing two-wheel-drive versions at EPA's assumptions (15,000 miles a year, $4.00 a gallon), the hybrid costs $1,250 a year to fuel against $1,750 for the gas model: $500 a year, or $2,500 over five years.

Does the 2025 Honda Civic need premium gas?

Some versions do. EPA lists the 1.5L turbo 4-cyl and the 2.0L turbo 4-cyl on premium, the rest use regular.

How does the 2025 Civic's MPG compare with the 2024?

For 2025, the best gas version is rated 36 mpg, the same as the year before.

Sources and method

US EPA and Department of Energy fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov), file dated Nov 4, 2026.
EPA fuel price assumptions: regular $4.00, midgrade $4.61, premium $5.01, diesel $6.13 a gallon; electricity $0.15 per kWh.
Recall and complaint counts: NHTSA recall file dated Nov 12, 2026 and complaint file dated Nov 11, 2026.

Ratings are EPA estimates. Real-world mileage depends on how, where and in what weather you drive. How we build these pages. Spotted an error? Tell us.