BALTIMORE, MD—For the 10th straight week, the nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 5.8 cents from a week ago to $3.21 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.
While gas prices still haven’t hit the lows they reached in 2020, the national average is down 26.0 cents from a month ago and 30.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 5.2 cents in the last week and stands at $4.22 per gallon—$1.00 lower than one year ago.
The most common U.S. gas price encountered by motorists stood at $2.99 per gallon, unchanged from last week, followed by $3.19, $3.09, $2.89, and $3.29 rounding out the top five most common prices. The median U.S. gas price is $3.04 per gallon, down 5 cents from last week and about 17 cents lower than the national average. The top 10% of stations in the country average $4.68 per gallon, while the bottom 10% average $2.55 per gallon. The states with the lowest average prices: Texas ($2.66), Mississippi ($2.71), and Oklahoma ($2.73). The states with the highest average prices: California ($4.86), Hawaii ($4.67), and Washington ($4.33).
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In the Baltimore metro area, the cheapest gas this week could be found at the following locations:
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