COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohioans whose wallets are lighter after a weekend of holiday shopping will at least pay a little less for gas to start the week.
The average retail price of regular gas in Columbus was $3.11 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s down 13 cents from last week and the first drop in the average price in two weeks.
The auto club’s analysts have been predicting many Americans will pay $3 a gallon or less for gasoline by the end of the year.
The survey said the statewide average price was down 11 cents to $3.14. The Ohio price is 13 cents lower than the national average of $3.27, which is down a penny from a week ago.
ColumbusGasPrices.com reports prices as low as $2.96 on the northeast side and as high as $3.29 in several communities.
The state average is down 14 cents from a month ago, and it’s a quarter less than this time last year.