According to AAA, the average price for a quart of regular gasoline dropped to$ 3.056 on Monday to reach its lowest level ever. A quart of regular gasoline cost$ 3.071 less than a week prior.
Since the summers, gasoline prices have steadily decreased. Monday’s value is the lowest national average rate for gas since May 2021, when the regular price for regular oil was$ 2.985 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration. Since then, high gas prices have been a financial burden to drivers at over$ 3 per gallon ( and, for a brief period, over$ 4 per gallon ).
President Joe Biden has struggled with higher fuel costs for the majority of his time in business. After hitting record highs in 2022, the highest in the world’s history, gasoline prices began to reduce later in the year. Gas prices started falling repeatedly in May 2024 after another spike in 2023, and they have since continued to do so every month.
However, despite decades of lower oil prices, they are still higher now than they were when President-elect Donald Trump was in business between January 2017 and January 2021. It remains to be seen what will happen to fuel prices during Trump’s subsequent word, with his scheduled for election on January 20, 2025.
However, gas prices continue to shift across the country. Currently, Hawaii has the most expensive gas prices in the country at$ 4.574 per gallon. However, Oklahoma has the least expensive fuel in the country, at$ 2.514 per litre. Click here to view the oil prices across the states. Read on to find out what typical gasoline prices are on average in and around Washington, D. C.
Delaware
To kick off the year, Delaware‘s gas prices dropped on Monday. Following a few weeks of soaring rates earlier in the month, it continues the downward trend of oil prices in the First State. Monday’s price for regular gas in Delaware is$ 3.039, a decrease from a week ago when gas cost$ 3.119. For the most part, gas prices in the First State fluctuated between$ 3 and$ 2.95 per gallon. With Monday’s increases, a gallon of regular gasoline in Delaware is cheaper today than a fortnight ago, when it cost$ 3.044.
Maryland
In November, Maryland’s gas prices have been quite turbulent. Earlier this month, gas prices in Maryland hovered around$ 3 per gallon. They then increased to over$ 3.20 per gallon. Heading into the last week of the month, prices were back trending downward with a price of$ 3.118 per gallon on Monday, a decrease from$ 3.204 a week ago. Monday’s amount is even slightly less expensive than a fortnight ago, when regular gasoline in Maryland was$ 3.131 per litre.
Virginia
Petrol prices in Virginia fell to$ 2.954 on Monday. A gallon of regular gasoline costs Virginia residents$ 3.005 per gallon, which is a lower from a week ago. For most of November, gas prices in Virginia were around the$ 3 per gallon mark. A gallon of regular gasoline costs$ 3.055, but the state’s price is also less expensive than it did a month earlier.
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Washington, D. C.
Gas prices in Washington, D. C., decreased Monday to $3.234 per gallon. This was less expensive than a week ago when a gallon of regular gas cost $3.259. Monday’s price in the nation’s capital is cheaper than a month ago, when regular gas was $3.283 per gallon. Before Monday, prices were steady over the last month, fluctuating between $3.25 and $3.30.
