# 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:** 25
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/481 "2026-01-11T23:08:53Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > $2.12 in Ohio.. They must have gotten the regional refinery repaired to get prices back down. That was awhile back: what has actually been happening is that Sheetz a regional chain goes c. $1.30 cents above my estimate of the state wholesale cost (to $2.99) every 10-12 days or so as part of the midwest’s price cycling. Yeah, the valley typically gets below $2.60, so that’s when to fill up, esp. if as you have done you’ve found a local station which has a deep valley. At the start of my trip I had planned to visit a Meijer in Youngstown which consistently has had very low valleys, $2.02 according to both Gasbuddy and Google Maps, but Sheetz had done their sheet back to $2.99, again, and there is one a half mile from the Meijer. Drove up, $2.89 for regular, ANNND since my car needs premium it cost me $2.79 after my points discount (1 buck) and my M. credit card (-10 cents). They were the last station in the state to have a regular/premium spread of less than a dollar too, but no longer-used to be 60 cents before I moved here for good, sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/482 "2026-01-11T23:13:13Z")
Sheetz is the cheapest but the next prices are $2.26 and $2.28. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/483 "2026-03-02T15:06:02Z")
If you can find a pump which hasn’t jumped yet, fill up, as wholesale just skyrocketed FORTY CENTS this weekend. I actually drove to the cheapest station in the area last night and filled up (with discounts-I use Meijer’s points for a buck off per gallon and their CC for an additional 10 cents) for $2.59. Dunno when I’ll see it that low again… If you use premium (or plus, or even diesel) like I do, expect the sites which report prices to lag horribly on those octanes. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/484 "2026-03-03T03:42:24Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > wholesale just skyrocketed FORTY CENTS this weekend. Same here in central Michigan. Prices were averaging $2.79 - $2.89 last week and everyone jumped up to $3.39 Monday morning. And that’s every single gas station within the two to three miles of me. That’s very unusual for everyone to jump to same amount at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/485 "2026-03-03T05:08:15Z")
In Boston, all over the map. Up is down, down is up: A Shell statuon at 2.89, while Ella’s Gas is 3.10. I found one place, Emporium, as off-brand as it’s possible to be, which had it at 2.69. Whoopee. Tomorrow, they will wake up and things will go up. Way up. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/486 "2026-03-03T06:01:05Z")
In my section of NJ gas at Costco was 2.85. A half mile up the road at Wawa it was 3.15. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/487 "2026-03-03T06:13:12Z")
From my vantage point in eastern Iowa, it’s in the low to mid $2 per gallon. Western Illinois is 50 cents to $1 per gallon higher. I sure am glad I filled my tank a few days ago, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/488 "2026-03-03T06:28:03Z")
Whingers. Doing the conversion from litres to gallons, and AUD to USD, it cost the equivalent of $4.98 USD for a gallon of petrol here. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/489 "2026-03-03T08:01:58Z")
I’m in California, and saw a higher price today while running errands (did not need to feed the car today). Granted, Chevron is usually one of the priciest stations around. At least we won’t need to fuel up in the Bay Area. Prices there are normally at least $2 USD higher there than here in Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/490 "2026-03-03T13:44:31Z")
I had a chuckle on my way to work. Gas prices in my area are down by 3 cents. ---
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/491 "2026-03-03T14:11:16Z")
In North Myrtle Beach price have gone up from 2.35 to 2.99 in the last 48 hour! I did see one in Little River at 2.85 early Monday morning. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/492 "2026-03-03T14:19:00Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > That’s very unusual for everyone to jump to same amount at the same time. Not in a price-cycling state like Michigan, where the lockstep syndrome when prices cycle back up is the usual _modus operandi_. It will just be more noticeable during this crisis. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/493 "2026-03-03T14:20:55Z")
Sunday, regular fuel at Arco at our freeway entrance and at the Lummi’s 76 station in Ferndale was $3.799. Strangely, Arco has not been charging extra for using a credit card. (The 76 statin doesn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/494 "2026-03-03T15:39:14Z")
San Juan: 81.7 cents/litre ($3.08.9/gal), up 3 cents/litre (11.3 cents/gal) from Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/495 "2026-03-03T17:40:22Z")
I usually don’t pay too close attention to gas prices. It’s not like I’m not gonna get gas. I just so happened to have taken a note of it yesterday and I went back and looked again today. Yesterday Costco was at $2.85. Just down the road the Wawa had gas at $3.15. Surprisingly today Costco was lower at $2.73. Wawa remained the same price. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/496 "2026-03-03T19:53:32Z")
Filled up this morning, $2.779 (Wyoming). ---
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/497 "2026-03-03T20:02:58Z")
Did anyone ever find the station with 1.85 that Trump repeatedly boasts of ? He never gives its location and unfortunately Katlin or Sean never ask him! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/498 "2026-03-03T21:18:39Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > At least we won’t need to fuel up in the Bay Area. Prices there are normally at least $2 USD higher there than here in Sacramento. Fueled up this morning in the Bay Area. $4.899/gal regular 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/499 "2026-03-03T21:34:09Z")
> [@JoePockets](#): > > Did anyone ever find the station with 1.85 that Trump repeatedly boasts of ? He never gives its location and unfortunately Katlin or Sean never ask him! I know about the one in Orlando that charges $7.99/gallon tho! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568/500 "2026-03-03T21:53:24Z")
Hmm. Today a liter is €2.07 = $2,41 That makes a gallon ~$13.50 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-gas-prices-in-your-area/960568.md?page=26)