State gas prices drop 14 cents since last week, AAA says

By Myesha Johnson, mjohnson@detroitnews.com

Fuel costs in Michigan have fallen 14 cents since final week to $2.82 per gallon for normal unleaded gasoline, AAA introduced, the Auto Group introduced Monday.

The worth is 13 cents lower than a month in the past and 13 cents decrease than the identical time in 2024, officers mentioned.

Motorists within the state pay a median of $42 for a full 15-gallon tank, based on AAA.

In the meantime, common gasoline costs in Detroit fell 8 cents over the previous week, to a median of $2.87 on Monday, based on GasBuddy’s survey of 1,734 stations. GasBuddy reported that costs are 21 cents decrease than a month in the past and eight cents per gallon cheaper than final 12 months.

“Fuel costs continued to say no in most states over the previous week, whereas some value cyclical states noticed short-term spikes to revive margins,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum evaluation at GasBuddy, mentioned in a press launch.

“With the nationwide common persevering with to say no, we are actually at a multi-year low heading into Christmas. Diesel costs have additionally been falling, and within the most cost-effective cities averages have fallen beneath $2, with just a few stations nonetheless providing gasoline beneath $2 per gallon. Barring any main disruptions, costs are more likely to stay comparatively low into the brand new 12 months.”

The corporate reported Sunday that the most affordable gasoline station in Detroit was $2.37 and the bottom value within the state was $2.33. The costliest value within the metropolis and the best value within the state was $4.84.

Based on GasBuddy, the nationwide common value of gasoline is below $3, reaching $2.90 on Monday. The corporate mentioned the value within the nation has fallen 18 cents since final week and is down 7 cents since a month in the past, based on knowledge collected from greater than 11 million weekly value experiences from some 150,000 gasoline stations throughout the nation.

AAA experiences that the nationwide pump value is $2.95.

Metro Detroit’s present common is $2.89 per gallon. That is about 7 cents lower than final week and eight cents lower than the identical time in 2024.

The nationwide common value of diesel has fallen a nickel up to now week to $3.67 per gallon, GasBuddy officers mentioned.

The costliest gasoline value averages are in Ann Arbor ($2.96), Metro Detroit ($2.89) and Jackson ($2.84).

The least costly gasoline value averages are in Traverse Metropolis ($2.58), Benton Harbor ($2.72) and Flint ($2.72).

“Motorists throughout Michigan are seeing the bottom gasoline costs since October,” AAA spokesperson Adrienne Woodland mentioned within the launch. “As demand declines and gasoline inventories rise, pump costs could proceed to say no.”