The national average price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.144 on Tuesday. Although this is a slight increase from Sunday and Monday, when gas was $3.14 per gallon, the rise is negligible, and prices have remained steady for the last few days.
Gas prices on Tuesday are less expensive than a week ago, when the national average cost for regular gas was $3.15 per gallon, according to AAA. Fuel costs have been trending downward recently and have, thus far, avoided the customary summer rise in the energy sector. Tuesday’s price was also less expensive than a month ago, when the average gallon of regular gas was $3.218. It is also less costly than when gas prices were significantly higher than last year, with regular gas costing an average price of $3.501 per gallon.
