{"id":2457246,"date":"2025-07-09T07:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-continue-to-fall-after-the-july-4th-holiday-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:10:53","slug":"gas-prices-continue-to-fall-after-the-july-4th-holiday-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-continue-to-fall-after-the-july-4th-holiday-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices: Continue to fall after the July 4th holiday &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-continue-to-fall-after-the-july-4th-holiday-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2457246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Gas prices in the united states have continued to decline following the July 4th holiday.According to AAA, the national average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline dropped to $3.149, slightly lower than the previous week and the end of June. This is also significantly less than the average price a year ago,wich was $3.519 per gallon. The current price marks the lowest July average since 2020. Prices have remained relatively stable over recent weeks despite some geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>Gas prices vary widely across the country, with the West Coast experiencing the highest averages-California leads at $4.544 per gallon-while states along the Gulf Coast have the cheapest rates, with Mississippi at $2.705 per gallon. many states have recently seen prices fall below $3 per gallon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: Continue to fall after the July 4th holiday<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2169386\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gas prices<\/a> continued to decrease this week, even after the July 4th holiday. On Tuesday, the national average cost for regular gas dropped to $3.149 per gallon, <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/state-gas-price-averages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to AAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0px; padding: 100% 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; will-change: transform;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/bdc07528-2e2b-416b-ba52-abf34cf63783?src=embed&amp;embed_type=responsive_iframe\" title=\"Gas Prices\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tuesday&rsquo;s fuel costs were slightly less expensive than a week ago when the average price for regular gas was $3.171 per gallon. Prices are also lower than on the last day of June when regular gas in the country was $3.185 per gallon. Fuel costs were substantially lower than a year ago when the national average price for regular gas was a whopping $3.519 per gallon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3464259\/inside-the-lobbying-battle-over-tariff-provision-big-beautiful-bill\/\">Inside the lobbying battle over a tariff provision of the &#8216;big, beautiful bill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3465089\/trump-august-tariff-rate-deadline-firm-but-not-100-firm\/\">Trump says August tariff rate deadline &#8216;firm but not 100% firm&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/3463825\/tariff-rates-return-april-levels-august-trade-deal-deadline-bessent\/\">Tariff rates to return to April levels if August trade deal deadline unmet, Bessent says<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Moreover, at $3.149 per gallon, the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas is at its lowest July average price point since 2020, when it was $2.272 per gallon, according to the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy<\/a> Information Administration. A year later, in July 2021, the cost of regular gas averaged $3.23 per gallon. Both prices are markedly lower compared to July 2022, when the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $4.668, the second-highest monthly average in the nation&rsquo;s history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices have remained relatively steady over the last few weeks after the brief heightened geopolitical tension in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle East<\/a> between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a>. After a slight increase in the middle of June, fuel costs have remained within a range of $3.14 to $3.19.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many states nationwide experienced a drop in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-slightly-more-expensive-than-a-week-ago\/\" title=\"...: Slightly more ... than a ... ago\">statewide average gas prices<\/a> to less than $3 per gallon. This price point has fluctuated slightly within the last two weeks. On June 27, the last Friday in June, 17 states had average prices under $3. By Monday, June 30, that total rose to 21 states, according to AAA. Today, it dropped to 20 states.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, where one lives is mainly the determining factor in how much one pays for gas. Different regions of the country have different gas prices, sometimes substantially. The area with the most expensive gas prices is on the West Coast. Conversely, the states with the cheapest gas prices are located along the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465614\/ron-desantis-musk-america-party-warns-could-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DESANTIS WARNS MUSK THAT FORMATION OF AMERICA PARTY COULD BACKFIRE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>California has the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >highest average gas price<\/a> in the nation, at $4.544 per gallon. This is slightly less than seven cents higher than Hawaii, the state with the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-sends-letter-to-members-outlining-americas-declining-condition-under-biden-democrats\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Sends Letter To Members Outlining America\u2019s Declining Condition Under Biden, Democrats\">highest gas price<\/a>, at $4.475. Washington is the state with the third-highest average gas price, at $4.405. Next is Oregon at $4.019 and then Nevada at $3.776.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has the cheapest gas prices in the country, with an average cost of $2.705 per gallon. Oklahoma is next at $2.763. Louisiana has the third-cheapest gas prices in the country, with an average of $2.777. This is followed by Alabama at $2.783 per gallon and Texas at $2.80.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2169386\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2169386\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices keep dropping after July 4th holiday, now $3.15\/gallon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2457247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_ww6.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34477,32544,58697,33637,32076],"class_list":["post-2457246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fuel-costs","tag-gas-prices","tag-gasoline-trends","tag-july-4th","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Gas_Prices_ww6.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457250,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457246\/revisions\/2457250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}