The national average price for regular gas rose on Monday to $3.064 per gallon, according to AAA.
Gas costs remain higher than a week ago when a gallon of regular gas averaged $3.026. Monday’s increase follows a recent trend of rising prices at the pumps after decreasing significantly in December before Christmas, with the national average almost falling beneath $3 per gallon.
Nevertheless, despite the recent rise, gas prices have fallen significantly from previous highs, particularly in the spring and summer of 2024. Overall, the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas is the lowest since May 2021, when the average price was $2.985 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Gas prices have been a hot-button issue for most of the time President Joe Biden has been in office. Less than six months after his term began, gas prices increased significantly in June 2021, reaching record-high averages of over $4 per gallon. After setting the highest national average in the country’s history in 2022, gas prices began to fall. After hitting a high for the year in April 2024, prices started to gradually decline in May.
The national average for fuel costs fluctuated significantly over the next two years but remained higher than during President Donald Trump’s first term. Biden is the only president in the country’s history, other than Barack Obama (when Biden was vice president), to have multiple years of the average price for regular gas exceeding a price point of $3 per gallon.
While the current national average for regular gas is $3.064, the cost varies across the country, depending on the state. Prices range from under $2.55 to over $4.50 per gallon. Oklahoma has the lowest gas prices in the country, with an average cost of$2.558 per gallon. Hawaii, on the other hand, has the most expensive gas in the nation at $4.548 per gallon.
Gas prices in and around Washington, D.C., also vary quite a bit, with most areas having costs higher than the national average.
Before Christmas, the average cost for a gallon of regular gas in Delaware was under $3 per gallon. It had the cheapest gas prices in the region. Today, the cost of a gallon of regular gas in the First State has risen to $3.09.
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In Maryland, the cost of regular gas is even higher than in Delaware, at $3.138 per gallon. A week ago, in the state, a gallon of regular gas was only $2.904. In Washington, D.C., a gallon of regular gas is $3.215 on Monday, the highest in the region. Meanwhile, Virginia has the cheapest regular gas costs in the area, with a statewide average price of $2.94 per gallon.
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