AAA: Gas Prices Averaging $3.36 a Gallon in Massachusetts
FRAMINGHAM – Massachusetts’s average gas price is 1 cent lower than last week ($3.37), averaging $3.36 per gallon.
Today’s price is 3 cents lower than a month ago ($3.39), and $1.02 higher than January 17, 2021 ($2.34). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 5 cents higher than the national average.
“Prices remain high compared to a year ago, but the relative stability in recent weeks is some measure of good news for motorists,” says Mary Maguire, Director of Public/Government Affairs for AAA, in a press release
AAA Northeast’s January 17 survey of fuel prices found the current national average to be 1 cent higher than last week ($3.30), averaging $3.31 a gallon. Today’s national average price is the same as a month ago, and 93 cents higher than this day last year ($2.38).
| Region | Current Price* | One Week Ago | One Month Ago | One Year Ago | |||||
| Massachusetts | $3.36 | $3.37 | $3.39 | $2.34 | |||||
| Rhode Island | $3.35 | $3.36 | $3.38 | $2.34 | |||||
| Connecticut | $3.48 | $3.49 | $3.52 | $2.43 |
*Prices as of January 17, 2022
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AAA Northeast is a not-for-profit auto club with 71 offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire and New York, providing more than 6 million local AAA members with travel, insurance, finance, and auto-related services.
