The cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Kailua-Kona remains down 39 cents from the start of the year, an analysis of GasBuddy.com and AAA data shows. ADVERTISING The cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in
The cost of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Kailua-Kona remains down 39 cents from the start of the year, an analysis of GasBuddy.com and AAA data shows.
Kailua-Kona drivers doled out on average $3.34 per gallon between Monday (April 20) and Friday (April 24), according to the GasBuddy data. That was unchanged from the week prior. In early January, drivers doled out $3.73 for the same gallon of fuel. The price, however, is up from a low of $3.27 notched in mid-February.
At the Kailua-Kona Costco, where membership is required, the cost for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel went up four cents this week to $3.03. The price had held steady at $2.99 since late February.
In West Hawaii, with the exception of the Waikoloa resort area, motorists were paying $3.43. That’s uncharged from last week. Including the Waikoloa resort area, where prices are normally higher, West Hawaii motorists this week doled out on average $3.48, also unchanged from the week before.
In Waimea, drivers spent $3.51 per gallon while drivers in Waikoloa Village spent $3.52. Fueling a vehicle in the Waikoloa resort area cost motorists on average $3.69 per gallon this week. All gas prices in South Kohala have gone unchanged since early March.
In Kealakekua, motorists spent $3.34 per gallon this week, according to GasBuddy.com data.
Fueling in Hilo cost drivers a couple of pennies less this week with gas at $3.04 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com data.
AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report put the average price of gas in Hilo at $3.06 per gallon during the week, down from last week. AAA does not track gas prices for other Big Island areas. Hilo’s record high gas price was recorded in April 2012 at $4.76.
The statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel was down to $3.06 this week, according to AAA. One year ago, Hawaii residents paid $4.34 for the same gallon of gas.
In Honolulu, a gallon of gas this week averaged $2.94, according to AAA. Drivers in the Wailuku area of Maui paid $3.23.
Nationwide, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline this week jumped to $2.48, up from $2.40. AAA attributed the national price increase to sharply rising crude oil costs.
“Domestic crude oil prices last week reached the highest levels of 2015 as supplies built more slowly than anticipated,” AAA said in a media release. “Despite the increase, consumers continue to benefit from substantially lower gas prices compared to recent years, with today’s national average of $2.46 per gallon representing the least expensive average for this date since 2009 ($2.06).”
California for the eighth consecutive week paid the most for gas at $3.19 per gallon. South Carolina drivers paid the least at $2.23 per gallon.
AAA said Hawaii, “consistently one of the nation’s most expensive markets,” was the only state in the nation to not see fuel prices increase.
