Monday, January 6, 2025–8:33 a.m.

-AAA South-

Georgia gas prices reversed their downward trend with Monday’s state average a penny more than a week ago.

Georgia drivers are now paying an average of $2.90 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is still a penny less than a month ago and seven cents less than this time last year.

It costs drivers an average price of $43.50 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Georgians now pay a little over $1.00 less to fill up at the pump than a year ago.

“Gas prices in Georgia have been nudging up since we rang in the New Year,” said Montrae Waiters, AAA-The Auto Club Group spokeswoman. “The main culprit appears to be a higher price for crude oil, which moved to the mid-$70s.”

Local averages on Monday were $2.82 in Floyd County, $2.83 in Gordon County, $2.85 in Bartow County, $2.90 in Polk County, and $2.81 in Chattooga County.

Since last Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has increased by 4 cents to $3.06.