The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Tuesday for the seventh consecutive day, increasing four-tenths of a cent to $5.685.
The average price has risen 4.3 cents over the past seven days, including seven-tenths of a cent Monday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is three-tenths of a cent more than one month ago and $1.106 higher than one year ago.
The average price has increased 99.1 cents since the start of the joint U.S./Israel attack on Iran on Feb. 28, which sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump.
The Orange County average price also rose for the seventh consecutive day, increasing six-tenths of a cent to $5.645. It has risen 7 cents over the past seven days, including eight-tenths of a cent Monday.
The Orange County average price is 2.3 cents more than one month ago and $1.093 higher than one year ago. It has increased $1.009 since the start of the attack on Iran.
The national average price dropped for the third time in four days, decreasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.096. It dropped seven-tenths of a cent Saturday and four-tenths of a cent Sunday and rose one-tenth of a cent Monday.
The national average price is 3.1 cents more than one week ago and 93.8 cents higher than one year ago but 1.4 cents less than one month ago. It has increased $1.114 since the attack on Iran.
The national average price is at its highest amount this late in the calendar year, according to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations.
“Average gasoline prices moved higher in the majority of states over the last week, with fewer than 10 states seeing declines,” De Haan said in a statement released Monday. “While some oil shipments are apparently getting through the Strait of Hormuz, the dominant force propping up both gasoline and diesel prices is increasingly the growing loss of Russian refinery capacity, as continued Ukrainian attacks knock more facilities offline and constrain the global supply of refined fuels.
“Until that refining supply picture improves, both gasoline and diesel prices face continued upward pressure.”