PITTSBURGH — The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is 10 cents higher this week at $2.873 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
This week, gas prices are relatively flat in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, with most states seeing gas prices decrease a few cents. Pennsylvania (+4 cents) and Virginia (+1 cent) were the only states to see pump prices increase.
States in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region carry some of the largest year-over-year gas price decreases, with six state averages at least a dime cheaper than last Thanksgiving week: Connecticut (-19 cents), Rhode Island (-17 cents), New York (-15 cents), Vermont (-14 cents), New Hampshire (-15 cents) and Washington, D.C. (-11 cents). Conversely, motorists filling up in Delaware (+12 cents), Maryland (+5 cents) and Pennsylvania (+3 cents) are paying more than this time last year.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in Bradford is $2.937; in Brookville, $2.855; in DuBois, $2.879; in Erie, $2.857; and in Warren, $2.962.
For the 49 million Americans hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday, they will find gas prices mostly similar, if not cheaper, than last year’s holiday. Today’s national average is $2.59, which is just a few cents over the 2018 holiday weekend average of $2.57. During Thanksgiving week last year, the national gas price average decreased by a nickel between Monday and Thursday, which could be the case again this year.
