COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – A drop in gas prices for the fourth consecutive week has reached a total decline of just over 40 cents per gallon over the past month.
After prices dropped over the previous three weeks , Columbus gas prices took another tumble, this time by 16.1 cents per gallon, reaching a one-month total decline of 41 cents per gallon. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 500 stations the average price for a gallon of gasoline in the Columbus area is $3.12.
The current price is also 42.5 cents lower per gallon than this time one year ago. In Ohio, the average price of gas also significantly dropped, from $3.24 per gallon to $3.05 per gallon.
The cheapest gas station in the Columbus area was priced at $2.73 a gallon, while the most expensive was $3.39, a difference of 66 cents per gallon.
Nationally, gas prices also experienced a drop of 7.2 cents per gallon to reach $3.22, while the price of diesel continues to hit new lows since January 2022, settling at $3.62 per gallon.