AKRON, Ohio — The average price for a gallon of gas is now back above $3 per gallon across Northeast Ohio as gas prices jumped throughout the region within the last week.
Akron is now paying an average of $3.09 per gallon after prices spiked 27.4 cents, according to new data released by GasBuddy early Monday.
Cleveland’s average is now listed at $3.07 after GasBuddy says prices rose 23.4 cents. This increase puts Cleveland’s gas prices 22.3 cents higher than a month ago, but 39.8 cents cheaper than a year ago.
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The national average stands at 3.03 after dipping just 0.8 cents per gallon.
"While prices jumped in some places, it’s being offset by drops elsewhere, and that has kept alive the possibility of briefly seeing the national average fall to the lowest level since 2021," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. "We remain just a nickel or so away from a $2.99 national average, and while the window of opportunity continues to slowly close, with refiners now starting the purge of winter gasoline on the West Coast, we still have a low level chance of getting there. But make no mistake- if we do see a national average of $2.99 per gallon, it won't last long as we start to turn the corner and get closer to the start of the transition to summer gasoline."
Take a look at historical gasoline prices in Cleveland and the national average going back 10 years:
- January 22, 2023: $3.47/g (U.S. Average: $3.39/g)
- January 22, 2022: $3.09/g (U.S. Average: $3.33/g)
- January 22, 2021: $2.33/g (U.S. Average: $2.39/g)
- January 22, 2020: $2.52/g (U.S. Average: $2.53/g)
- January 22, 2019: $2.08/g (U.S. Average: $2.27/g)
- January 22, 2018: $2.41/g (U.S. Average: $2.54/g)
- January 22, 2017: $2.17/g (U.S. Average: $2.30/g)
- January 22, 2016: $1.63/g (U.S. Average: $1.84/g)
- January 22, 2015: $1.93/g (U.S. Average: $2.03/g)
- January 22, 2014: $3.32/g (U.S. Average: $3.27/g)