Gasoline prices in South Carolina rise slightly, but remain lower than last month
Gas prices continued to fall this week, though only slightly. (AP Photo/Maria Lysaker)
(WCIV) — Average gasoline prices in South Carolina rose slightly over the last week, increasing 2.8 cents to an average of $2.65 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,028 stations across the state.
Despite the uptick, prices remain 3.2 cents lower than a month ago and 6 cents lower than this time last year, the report said. Diesel prices nationwide fell 5.1 cents over the past week, averaging $3.67 per gallon.
GasBuddy reported the cheapest station in South Carolina was selling gas for $2.32 per gallon on Sunday, while the most expensive was listed at $3.49, a difference of $1.17.
Nationally, the average price of gasoline dropped 5 cents over the last week to $2.90 per gallon. That average is down 17.6 cents from a month ago and 7.3 cents from a year ago, based on GasBuddy’s analysis of more than 11 million weekly price reports from over 150,000 stations nationwide.
