Gas prices in Kailua-Kona held steady at $3.34 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, an analysis of GasBuddy.com and AAA data shows.
That’s up from a low of $3.27 in February, but down 39 cents from the beginning of January, the data showed. At the Kailua-Kona Costco, where membership is required, a gallon of gas averaged $2.99 between Monday (April 6) and Friday (April 10). That was also unchanged from last week.
In Waimea, drivers doled out $3.51 per gallon while drivers paid $3.52 in Waikoloa Village. Fueling a vehicle in the Waikoloa resort area cost motorists an average of $3.69 per gallon this week. All gas prices in South Kohala have gone unchanged for the past several weeks.
In Kealakekua, motorists doled out $3.37 per gallon this week, up three cents from last week, according to the GasBuddy.com data.
Based on the data, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in West Hawaii, with the exception of the Waikoloa resort area, was $3.44, up a penny from the week prior. Including the Waikoloa resort area, where prices are normally higher, West Hawaii motorists this week doled out on average $3.49.
Fueling up in Hilo during the week cost drivers a penny more this week at $3.08 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com data. AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report put the average price of gas at $3.14 per gallon during the week, up a penny from last week. AAA does not track gas prices for other Big Island areas.
The statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel was $3.11 between Monday and Friday, down three cents from last week, according to AAA. One year ago, Hawaii residents $4.29 for the same gallon of gas.
In Honolulu, a gallon of gas averaged $2.98, down from $3.04 per gallon, according to AAA. Drivers in the Wailuku area of Maui paid $3.25, up one penny from last week.
Nationwide, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline this week was down from $2.41 to $2.40.
California for the sixth consecutive week paid the most for gas at $3.14 per gallon. South Carolina drivers paid the least at $2.09 per gallon.