Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 12.0 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.37 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has increased 5.1 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.26, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 9.8 cents a gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 11.6 cents a gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has decreased 5.4 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 17.4 cents lower than a year ago.
“The national average has seen its bounce continue in the last week across most of the nation,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. “Some of the lows we saw just a couple weeks ago have vanished, replaced by higher digits as oil prices rallied.”