PEORIA, Ill. – The average price for gas in the Peoria area has dropped 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.74 a gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s local survey of gas stations.
Prices in Peoria are just over 21 cents lower than last month, four cents a gallon lower than a year ago.
According to GasBuddy, the cheapest gas in Peoria was priced at $3.37 a gallon on Sunday, while the most expensive was $3.99, a difference of 62 cents a gallon.
The lowest price in Illinois on Sunday was $3.37 a gallon, while the highest price was $5.09, a difference of $1.72 a gallon.
The national average price of unleaded gas, according to GasBuddy, has dropped 3.1 cents a gallon in the last week, averaging $3.80 on Monday.
The national average is up 1.3 cents a gallon from a month ago, 13.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data.
“It’s been a mostly quiet week for the national average price of gasoline, with most states seeing gas prices cool off. But, new and continued refinery issues in some regions have had an oversized effect on gas prices in some states, especially in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
AAA Illinois, meanwhile, says the average price of unleaded gas in the Peoria-Pekin metro on Monday was $3.78 a gallon, down three cents from a week ago.
AAA says Illinois’ average price on Monday was $3.89, and the national average was $3.84 a gallon, down five cents from a week ago, and up 13 cents from a year ago.
