--- title: 5 Places Where Gas Prices Are Plummeting description: Nationwide, the price of gasoline keeps inching lower. But in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and southern California, prices are decreasing far faster than the national average. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-07-27T17:16:17.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T06:18:39.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Gas - Gas prices - gasoline word_count: 389 canonical: https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![gas prices at chevron gas station](https://img.money.com/2015/07/150727_em_gaslowest.jpg?crop=0px%2C76px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) Nationwide, the price of gasoline keeps inching lower. According to the [AAA Fuel Gauge Report](http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/todays-gas-prices/), the average of a gallon of regular was $2.710 as of Monday, nearly a nickel less than the average one week ago ($2.756). "All but seven states in the U.S. saw a drop in gasoline prices over the last week," the researchers at the gas price-tracking site [GasBuddy.com](https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Crude-Oil-Plunge-Continues-Gasoline-Prices-Follow/1715-619491-3193.aspx) noted on Monday. More importantly, the trend for lower and lower gas prices is one that's expected to stick around for months: "It would appear that the latter half of the summer will bring cheaper gas prices than the first half while this autumn is shaping up to give this past winter a run for its money in terms of cheap gas prices." Drivers in some parts of the country are the beneficiaries of a particularly pronounced price break lately. Here are five places where average prices have dropped by 10¢ or more over the past week. **Southern California:** Mercifully, gas prices in Los Angeles and Orange counties decreased for nine straight days recently, together lowering the average price of a gallon of regular by about 12¢, according to the (Los Angeles) [*Daily News*](http://www.dailynews.com/business/20150725/southern-california-gas-prices-drop-for-9th-consecutive-day). The price dip followed an extraordinarily painful period for drivers, who watched [prices at the pump spike](https://money.com/gas-prices-increase-california/) by more than 50¢ in a single week, hitting more than $4.50 per gallon at gas stations in places like Beverly Hills and downtown Los Angeles. Statewide, the average price for a gallon of regular as of Monday is $3.83, the highest in the country and over $1.10 more than the nationwide average, per [AAA data](http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/todays-gas-prices/). Still, analysts say [California gas prices should drop](http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/07/26/analyst-california-gas-prices-poised-to-drop/) regularly in the days and weeks ahead, as the supply has improved substantially. **Ohio:** Prices at the pump have dropped [dropped 17¢](http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2015/07/27/Ohio-gas-prices-continue-to-fall-with-possible-further-drop.html) per gallon, on average, in one week. The current average statewide is now $2.46 for a gallon of regular. **Kentucky:** Prices dropped 12¢ in one week, according to [GasBuddy](https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Crude-Oil-Plunge-Continues-Gasoline-Prices-Follow/1715-619491-3193.aspx), and now average $2.50 per gallon. **Indiana:** The current average is $2.44 for a gallon of regular, representing a decrease of 11¢ over the past week. **Michigan:** Average prices dropped by about 10¢ per gallon over the last week in Michigan, where prices at the pump have also decreased by at least 10¢ in each of the [past three weeks](http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/07/27/michigan-gas-prices-fall-cents-past-week/30723757/). ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Saving Money", "item": "https://money.com/saving-money/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "5 Places Where Gas Prices Are Plummeting" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/", "name": "5 Places Where Gas Prices Are Plummeting", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-07-27T17:16:17.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/cheap-gas-prices-decrease-california-ohio/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T06:18:39.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "5 Places Where Gas Prices Are Plummeting", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/07/150727_em_gaslowest.jpg?crop=0px%2C76px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "150727_EM_GasLowest" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-07-27T17:16:17.000Z", "description": "Nationwide, the price of gasoline keeps inching lower. 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