# How are gas prices in your area? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568 "2022-03-06T15:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/301 "2023-04-24T18:34:11Z")
$1.90 CDN / l around my parts today. Translates to $5.61 USD/gallon ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/302 "2023-04-25T18:46:58Z")
Friday: $2.99 a gallon using a discount. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/303 "2023-04-25T21:10:26Z")
Around $4.30 a gallon in suburban Cook County, IL – maybe a dime or so lower than it was a few weeks ago. When I’d run up to Green Bay at Easter, to see my parents, it was about a full dollar a gallon cheaper there than it was back here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/304 "2023-06-22T13:31:23Z")
Yesterday I refuelled at Costco. Regular was $4.369, which was 9¢ cheaper than at my usual station. I saved about 69¢ on the tankful! 😅 Also, [California is no longer America’s most expensive state for gas](https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/california-no-longer-america-most-133310769.html). The most expensive gasoline is here. > Prior to the past few days, Washington has never been the most expensive state for gas in data going back to 2005, GasBuddy told CNN. It’s also the first time over that span that the Pacific Northwest state topped both California and Hawaii. According the the morning news, the BP’s nearby Cherry Point refinery is apparently undergoing maintenance, and that is putting upward pressure on fuel prices. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/305 "2023-06-22T18:06:55Z")
Don’t understand why prices are so high at the pump when this is not true of crude rates. ---
**Author:** ![ColdBrew50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@ColdBrew50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdBrew50)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/306 "2023-06-22T18:37:00Z")
Not that good! I just fueled up (I have a tiny 13 gal tank in my Toyota Corolla SE)…total came to $47.05. That was probably about ten gallons, so you do the math! TBH, I didn’t check the details nor the advertised price, mainly because my tire pressure was low on all four, and I knew this place has free air and is convenient to use. It’s the gas station operated and owned by a large cab company, so one can pull inside and they’re always nice people, some of whom I’ve befriended at local bars and such. Not the lowest prices per gallon in the entire metro area (and they don’t give discounts to cabbies) — maybe fifty cents or more less per gallon out in the suburbs — but this is on my way home from work, and their prices are about the same as the cheapest places in the city proper. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/307 "2023-06-23T11:17:10Z")
My local (SE Texas) Exxon was $2.99 yesterday afternoon. Up from $2.79 the last time I filled up. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/308 "2023-06-23T21:15:23Z")
Here in my part of Nashville, the it’s had a habit of dropping a couple times somewhere in the middle of the week and then jumping back up to $3.259 over the weekend. Every. Single. Week. Right at the moment, though, it’s down to $3.059. A couple days ago, though, I got to fill my tank for $1.819 thanks to rewards points. I haven’t completely filled my tank for under $40 in a long, long time. It was good to only need to spend $30 to fill the 18 gallon tank. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/309 "2023-06-23T22:26:36Z")
$2.00/litre in my neck of the woods, which translates to just over $6usd/gallon ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/310 "2023-06-23T23:29:48Z")
Several years ago, I would play a game in the morning. I’d get the price per barrel that oil was trading at from CBC and check that against the price per litre advertised on my way to work. It was consistently a ratio of X per barrel = 0.X per litre: if a barrel cost $100, the price per litre was $1.00. That blew up a few years ago and now there seems to be no easy calculation between the barrel price and the pump price. Just a note in passing. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/311 "2023-12-15T22:40:43Z")
I filled up for $2.96/gal on my way home yesterday evening. I haven’t seen under $3 in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/312 "2023-12-15T22:42:53Z")
Tree anna quatah at the reservation. Might be cheaper at Costco, but that’s a PITA. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/313 "2023-12-15T22:48:21Z")
I cannot remember the last time I saw regular gasoline under $4/gallon, which is why the car’s currently dining on E85, but that’s still over $3/gallon. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/314 "2023-12-15T22:57:33Z")
It was $2.69 yesterday for regular, and I got it for $2.29 thanks to grocery reward points. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/315 "2023-12-15T23:03:41Z")
Right before Thanksgiving, I got $2.65/gallon in Indiana. Right now in Chicago, just across the city limits (near Midway) we have gas at $2.94/gallon. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/316 "2023-12-16T01:33:24Z")
Thanksgiving week, Sheetz had 88 octane (15% ethanol, the 87 octane is 10%) for $1.99!!! It was a low as $2.19 in Augusta (Costco) the same week. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/317 "2023-12-16T15:41:43Z")
Most stations around me are now $2.29 - 2.39. One Buc-ee’s is at $2.19, and I paid $1.89 last week with Kroger fuel points. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/318 "2023-12-16T19:41:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Might be cheaper at Costco, but that’s a PITA. I avoid one of the Aldi stores around here because they share a parking lot entrance and some other pavement with a Costco gas station. I’ll grant that I do see it at peak weekend times but just trying to get around that mob scene chaps my ass. How cheap could that gas be to wait behind dozens of cars poorly driven by confused motorists? > [@Bayaker](#): > > … $2.29 - 2.39. One Buc-ee’s is at $2.19, … Whoa, I thought my cracking $3 was doing well. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/319 "2023-12-16T19:46:26Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > How cheap could that gas be to wait behind dozens of cars poorly driven by confused motorists? I find it to generally be about $0.25 cheaper per gallon than surrounding stations and the wait in line isn’t as long as it may look, the pumps serve 4 vehicles at a time and moves in a fairly orderly fashion. It’s where I get my gas about 80% of the time, but I have two within less than two to three miles from my home and where I work. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/320 "2023-12-16T21:05:06Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > about $0.25 cheaper per gallon If it’s put as ‘Save 5-8% on gas,’ I’m all for it (hypothetically, I’m not a Costco cust). But when instead faced with the economically-equivalent ‘Pay $3 to skip this sprawling Saturday logjam,’ well, yes, and if you’ll kindly check my tail lights for faulty bulbs as I buzz past… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=17)