Gas prices have remained mostly even both locally as well as across the western Pennsylvania region as a whole over the past week.
According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve gas in Butler, as of yesterday, decreased by three cents to reach $3.74 per gallon.
The average gas price across western Pennsylvania as a whole dropped by a penny to sit at $3.73. The most affordable average price for gas in the area can be found in Brookville at $3.49, while the most expensive is in Mercer at $3.81.
The average national gas price is up by 24 cents over the past week to $3.71 which is the highest since October of 2023. Since the start of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, the national average price for gas has increased by 73 cents. Gasoline demand increased last week as did the price of oil to over $87 a barrel.
