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Gas prices drop 15 cents from last week

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DEARBORN, MI— Gas prices in Michigan are down 15 cents from last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $4.51 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 38 cents less than this time last month but still $1.71 cents more than this time last year.

Motorists are paying an average of $68 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline; an increase of about $17 from 2025's highest price last August.

According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand decreased from 8.76 million barrels per day to 8.40 million. Total domestic gasoline supply increased from 204.7 million barrels to 208.3 million. Gasoline production decreased from 9.34 million barrels per day to 9.23 million barrels.

At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, WTI rose 95 cents to settle at $95.09 per barrel. The EIA reports that U.S. crude oil inventories decreased 8.6 million barrels to 415.6 million barrels, 3% below the five-year average.

"Gas prices fell 15 cents this week, but Michigan drivers are still feeling the strain at the pump," said Adrienne Woodland, spokesperson, AAA-The Auto Club Group. "The statewide average remains $1.71 higher than this time last year.”

Compared to last week, Metro Detroit’s average daily gas price decreased. Metro Detroit’s current average is $4.54 per gallon, about 6 cents less than last week’s average but still $1.72 more than this same time last year.

Click here to view AAA's state and metro gas averages.

  • Most expensive gas price averages:  Ann Arbor ($4.56), Metro Detroit ($4.54), Jackson ($4.53)
  • Least expensive gas price averages: Marquette ($4.29), Flint ($4.41), Saginaw ($4.46)
Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.