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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).


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RegionCurrent Price*One Week AgoOne Month AgoOne 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.


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Susan Petroni is the former editor for SOURCE. She is the founder of the former news site, which as of May 1, 2023, is now a self-publishing community bulletin board. The website no longer has a journalist but a webmaster.