Gas Prices Up to Start the New Year

The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is five cents higher as we close out 2019, at $2.863 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Pennsylvania ($2.79) ranks among the top 10 most expensive state averages in the country. In the region, motorists can find gas as cheap as $2.35 in Virginia and $2.40 in Delaware.

This week’s average price in western Pennsylvania is $2.863. The average price one year ago was $2.461.

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:

$2.744 Altoona
$2.868 Beaver
$2.939 Bradford
$2.806 Brookville
$2.846 Butler
$2.943 Clarion
$2.864 Du Bois
$2.891 Erie
$2.844 Greensburg
$2.895 Indiana
$2.854 Jeannette
$2.866 Kittanning
$2.869 Latrobe
$2.950 Meadville
$2.870 Mercer
$2.808 New Castle
$2.882 New Kensington
$2.869 Pittsburgh
$2.837 Sharon
$2.881 Uniontown
$2.899 Warren
$2.768 Washington

In 2019, the national gas price average was $2.61, which is ten cents cheaper than the 2018 average of $2.71.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 78 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members.