The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose two-tenths of a cent Friday to $4.468, the fourth time in five days it has changed by two-tenths of a cent or less.
The average price is four-tenths of a cent more than one week ago but 4.4 cents less than one month ago and 10.5 cents lower than one year ago, according to figures from the American Automobile Association and the Oil Price Information Service.
The average price rose one-tenth of a cent on both Monday and Tuesday, dropped four-tenths of a cent Wednesday and was unchanged Thursday. It has dropped $2.025 since rising to a record $6.493 on Oct. 5, 2022.
The Orange County average price rose for the sixth consecutive day, increasing two-tenths of a cent to $4.432. It has increased 1.7 cents over the past six days, including four-tenths of a cent Wednesday. Four of the six increases have been three-tenths of a cent or less while the other two were four-tenths of a cent.
The Orange County average price is 1.4 cents more than one week ago but 1.9 cents less than one month ago and 6.6 cents lower than one year ago. It has dropped $2.026 since rising to a record $6.458 on Oct. 5, 2022.
“As the summer road trip season winds down, local drivers are continuing to pay the lowest gas prices since 2021,” Doug Shupe, the Automobile Club of Southern California’s corporate communications manager, said in a statement issued Thursday.
The national average price dropped seven-tenths of a cent to $3.153, after three consecutive increases totaling 2.2 cents, including a half-cent Thursday. It is three-tenths of a cent less than one week ago and 28.8 cents lower than one year ago but three-tenths of a cent more than one month ago.
The national average price has dropped $1.863 since rising to a record $5.016 on June 14, 2022.