Gasoline prices in Denver fell 3.3 cents a gallon last week, but the average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver was 18 cents higher than the national average on Sunday.
The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in Denver was $3.52 on Sunday compared to the national average of $3.34 a gallon nationwide, according to
The price of a gallon in Denver was 3.0 cents per gallon higher than the same day a year ago and 10.3 cents a gallon lower than a month ago.
The national average has decreased 8.1 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 15.0 cents a gallon lower than one year ago.
GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Gregg Laskoski said that, as expected, gasoline prices fell following the expiration last week of the EPA’s “summer blend” gasoline requirement.
“We know that when gas prices rise in the spring time it removes billions from the U.S. economy,” Laskoski said in a statement.
“Logic dictates that the reverse is true, too, and that as prices fall, it puts a little money back in consumers’ pockets.”
GasBuddy operates and more than 250 similar websites that track gasoline prices at more than 140,000 gasoline stations in the United States and Canada.
