The national average price for a gallon of regular gas decreased slightly on Thanksgiving, dropping to $3.065 from Wednesday’s price of $3.073, according to AAA.Â
Thursday’s cost was essentially the same as a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.063. However, prices were less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas was $3.13 per gallon.Â
Gas prices have been gradually decreasing since the summer. Monday’s price is the lowest national average price for gas since May 2021, when the average cost for regular gas was $2.985 per gallon, according to the Energy Information Administration. Since then, high gas prices have been a financial burden to drivers at over $3 per gallon and, for a brief period, over $4 per gallon.
For most of his time in office, President Joe Biden has been troubled by high gas prices. After hitting record highs in 2022, the highest in the nation’s history, gas prices began to decrease later in the year. After another spike in 2023, gas prices began declining again in May 2024 and have continued to fall each month.
Yet despite months of decreases at the pumps, gas prices remain higher now than when President-elect Donald Trump was in office between January 2017 and January 2021. With Trump set to take office on Jan. 20, 2025, it remains to be seen what will happen with gas prices during Trump’s second term.
Meanwhile, gas prices continue to fluctuate across the nation. Hawaii has the most expensive gas prices in the country, at $4.572 per gallon. Meanwhile, Oklahoma has the least expensive gas in the nation, at $2.516 per gallon. Click here to see the cost of gas in different states. Read below to see the average prices for a gallon of regular gas in and around Washington, D.C.
Delaware
Gas prices in Delaware dropped on Thanksgiving, falling to $2.984 per gallon. This was a nearly ten-cent decrease from a week ago when a gallon of regular gas was $3.081. Gas prices in Delaware have fluctuated quite a bit over the last month, with costs increasing significantly earlier this month before dropping again. The price for a gallon of regular gas in Delaware on Thanksgiving was over six cents less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas was $3.045 per gallon.
Maryland
Gas prices also dropped in Maryland on Thanksgiving, falling to $3.074 per gallon. This was a decrease from Wednesday’s price of $3.081. Thursday’s price was much cheaper than a week ago when a gallon of regular gas in Maryland was $3.157. Similar to Delaware, Maryland also had a significant price fluctuation in November. However, gas prices are trending downward in the state, as Thursday’s price was less expensive than a month ago, when regular gas was $3.133 per gallon.
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Virginia
The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Virginia decreased to $2.95 on Thanksgiving, a very slight drop from Wednesday’s cost of $2.954 per gallon. This was a slight decrease from a week ago, when a gallon of gas in Virginia cost $2.982. Gas prices have been recently trending downward in the state as Thursday’s cost of gas was less expensive than a month ago, when people in Virginia paid $3.058 per gallon.
Washington, D.C.
Gas prices also dropped in Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving with the average price for a gallon of regular gas decreasing ever-so-slightly to $3.244 from Wednesday’s cost of $3.25. A gallon of regular gas in the nation’s capital on Thursday was about the same as it was a week ago, when gas was less expensive but only by four hundreths of a cent at $3.24. A month ago, people in Washington, D.C. paid $3.313 per gallon for regular gas.