SPOKANE, Wash — The average price for a gallon of gas is back up this week.
According to GasBuddy, gas prices in Spokane are up 7.8 cents to $3.47/g. This is 9.1 cents higher than we saw one month ago and 5.4 cents lower than one year ago. In Coeur d’Alene, gas prices also rose this week to $2.58/g. That is an 11-cent increase from last week. Meanwhile, the national average fell less than 1 cent this week and is sitting at $2.83/g.
“While oil prices jumped to their highest level in months amid geopolitical tensions, a weakening U.S. dollar, and supply concerns, the national average price of gasoline saw little change compared to a week ago,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“Just over half of states saw gas prices decline, led by Indiana, Ohio, and other price-cycling states that had previously seen prices jump but have since started to fall. Meanwhile, prices are rising across much of the West Coast as the transition to summer…..