The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver on Sunday was far below the national average, according to the gasoline price website .
The cost in Denver was $3.42 a gallon while the average cost nationally was $3.60 a gallon.
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver fell 3.2 cents a gallon last week, while it increased 9.3 cents a gallon nationally.
Including the change in gas prices in Denver during the past week, prices on Sunday were 2.0 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 13.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.
The national average has increased 19.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 6.5 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“Watching the national average last week, one might have expected war broke out in the Middle East or a major hurricane shutting down production, neither of which happened, yet gasoline prices spiked,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for .
“The good news for motorists is that the end to the summer driving season and change to winter-spec fuel is in view, which will likely put downward pressure on gasoline prices,” said DeHaan.
GasBuddy operates and more than 250 similar websites that track gasoline prices at more than 140,000 gasoline station in the U.S. and Canada.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939, hpankratz@denverpost.com or
