Average gasoline prices in Ohio have risen 23.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.48 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,345 stations in Ohio. Prices in Ohio are 18.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 44.5 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has jumped 15.5 cents in the last week and stands at $3.99 per gallon.
According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Ohio was priced at $2.99 per gallon Sunday while the most expensive was $3.99 per gallon, a difference of a dollar per gallon.
The national average price of gasoline has risen 16.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.72 per gallon as of Monday. The national average is up 21.4 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 45.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.
Neighboring areas and their current gas prices:
Akron — $3.49 per gallon
Dayton — $3.46 per gallon
Columbus — $3.52 per gallon
“Gas prices suddenly soared over the last week due to heat-related refinery outages that impacted some of the largest refineries in the country, at a time when summer gasoline demand peaks and as gasoline inventories slid to their lowest July level since 2015,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
