AAA said Pennsylvania's average price for regular gas has fallen to $4.14 a gallon, down from $4.63 last month and $4.26 last week. Drivers in Pennsylvania are seeing a statewide decline, but the price remains 15 cents above the national average of $3.99.
The average is about 80 cents higher than this time last year. That keeps the state caught between two directions: some counties are already below $4 a gallon, while other areas still sit well above that mark.
County prices in Pennsylvania
AAA said the average price in Adams County, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, Lancaster County, Lebanon County, Perry County, and York County is between $3.92 and $4.03 a gallon. Cumberland County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Lancaster County, and Perry County are averaging less than $4 a gallon.
Franklin County has the lowest price in the region at $3.91 a gallon. For drivers crossing county lines, that gap can be immediate at the pump, with neighboring areas showing different prices for the same grade of fuel.
Pennsylvania and the national average
Pennsylvania's average gas price is moving closer to the national average, but it has not reached it. The difference is still 15 cents, and the state average remains well above the $4 line that several counties have already moved under.
The highest prices remain in the state's northern tier and the Pittsburgh region, where prices are above $4.41 a gallon. That spread means drivers in Pennsylvania can still face very different costs depending on where they fill up, even as the statewide average falls.
Drivers in Pennsylvania
For drivers in Pennsylvania, the practical change is simple: the statewide number is falling, but local prices still vary enough that a short drive can mean a different bill. AAA's latest figures show the decline is broad, not uniform, and the gap between county averages remains wide.
Why Pennsylvania gas prices are falling now, and how long the decline lasts, is the part drivers still do not have from this report.
