Gas prices continue to slide over the holidays — here's how much a gallon costs in your state

Travelers get a spot of interruption implicit the Thanksgiving holiday, since state prices dropped by 16 cents successful the past week, bringing the mean terms of a gallon successful the U.S. to $3.61.  

That's good beneath the summertime highest of implicit $5 for a regular gallon of gas, though arsenic of Wednesday, prices are inactive 21 cents higher than a twelvemonth ago, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).

It's besides the highest nationalist mean during Thanksgiving since 2000, erstwhile AAA archetypal started tracking mean state prices successful the U.S. 

"Thanksgiving [gas prices] volition beryllium astir a dollar much per gallon than successful pre-pandemic 2019. However, we tin beryllium thankful that state prices are moving successful the close absorption for now," said AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross. 

Here's a look astatine the mean terms for a regular gallon of state successful each U.S. state.

Gas prices are highest successful occidental states, wherever they mostly beryllium supra $4 per gallon. At $5.16 per gallon, California has the second-highest mean successful the country, aft Hawaii, wherever a gallon costs $5.20.

Prices are cheapest successful the South, wherever a gallon of state is person to $3. In Texas, a gallon costs $2.95, which makes it the cheapest authorities to pump gas. It's besides the lone authorities wherever state is beneath $3.

Gas prices tend to alteration by region owed to differences successful authorities and section taxes, region from proviso and retail competition.