Thursday’s price for a gallon of regular gas is the lowest average price in the country since January 2024, when regular gas was $3.075. Overall, gas prices have fluctuated throughout the year and vary significantly among states.

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The price of gas is a crucial topic heading into next month’s presidential election. With President Joe Biden deciding not to seek reelection, Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic presidential nominee, has to indicate how she will address the country’s gas prices and energy costs and how both affect the economy and people’s finances. Gas prices remain higher than when former President Donald Trump was in office.

Click here to see the cost of gas in different states throughout the country. Read below to see the average prices for a gallon of regular gas in and around Washington, D.C.

Virginia

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Virginia fell on Thursday, with a new price of $3.057. On Wednesday, the price of regular gas in the state was $3.064 per gallon. Both prices are less expensive than a week ago in Virginia, when regular gas was $3.111 per gallon. However, the current average price for a gallon of regular gas in the state is more expensive than a month ago, when regular gas was $2.996 per gallon.

Maryland

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Maryland also decreased on Thursday, coming in at $3.139 per gallon, slightly less expensive than Wednesday’s price of $3.146. Gas prices in the state are also lower than a week ago, when a gallon of regular gas was $3.201. However, similar to Virginia, regular gas in Maryland was more expensive on Thursday than a month ago, when drivers in the state paid gas $3.07 per gallon.

Delaware

Gas prices also continued to fall in Delaware on Thursday, coming in at $3.057 for a gallon of regular. This was a minimal drop from Wednesday’s price of $3.065. Prices are less expensive in the First State than a week ago, when regular gas was $3.126 per gallon. However, after nearly a wave of increases in gas prices earlier this month, the price of regular gas in the state is more expensive than a month ago, when a gallon of regular gas cost $2.973.

Washington, D.C.

Unlike the other states in the Delmarva region, gas prices in Washington, D.C., increased on Thursday, with the district’s average for a gallon of regular gas rising to $3.286. This was a slight increase from Wednesday’s price of $3.285. However, despite the increase, gas prices in the nation’s capital are more expensive than a week ago, when regular gas was two cents higher, coming in at $3.306. The price of gas in Washington remain cheaper than a month ago, however, when regular gas cost residents in the district $3.354 per gallon.

Texas

Texas is now the state with the most inexpensive gas in the nation, edging out Mississippi, and more recently, Georgia, who held this honor a week ago. A gallon of regular gas in the Lone Star State now costs $2.712 on Thursday, a slight drop from Wednesday’s price of $2.72 per gallon. The price of gas in Texas is just slightly less expensive than in Mississippi, where the cost for a gallon of gas on Thursday is $2.714.

California

There are no challengers for the state with the most expensive gas in the nation, as California continues to hold that distinction on Thursday. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Golden State is $4.613. The state with the next highest prices is Hawaii, which comes in at a little more than two cents cheaper at $4.591.