The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver decreased last week while the average cost nationally increased.
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver on Sunday was $3.55 a gallon, having fallen 2.3 cents during the week.
This compares with the national average that increased 3.8 cents a gallon in the last week to $3.41 a gallon, according to the gasoline price website .
Prices in Denver on Sunday were 11.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 9.5 cents a gallon lower than a month ago.
The national average has decreased 15.2 cents a gallon during the last month and is 21.4 cents a gallon lower than this day one year ago.
Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for , said that after a dramatic decline in gasoline prices in virtually every part of the United States last month, prices have started to rise.
“While I don’t necessarily believe that the recent uptick in crude prices will stick, I also don’t see prices falling considerably lower until after the conclusion of the summer driving season, when demand declines, and more expensive blends are phased out,” said DeHaan.
GasBuddy operates and more than 250 similar website that track gasoline prices at more than 140,000 gasoline stations in the United States and Canada.
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