DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Gas prices in Michigan are down 5 cents compared to last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.14 per gallon for regular unleaded.
This price is 23 cents less than this time last month but still $1 more than this time last year.
Motorists are paying an average of $47 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline, an increase of about $8 from when prices were their highest last January.
With holiday travel forecasted to increase 34% compared to last year, the majority of travelers will be hitting the roadways. More than 3 million Michigan residents are planning to drive to their destination, while seeing the highest December gas prices in over 7 years.
“Michigan gas prices have steadily declined for the past six weeks,” said Adrienne Woodland, spokesperson, AAA-The Auto Club Group. “Despite these decreases, Michigan drivers will still see the highest Year-End Holiday gas prices since 2013.”
Most expensive gas price averages: Marquette ($3.37), Traverse City ($3.32), Ann Arbor ($3.26)
Least expensive gas price averages: Grand Rapids ($2.96), Benton Harbor ($2.98), Lansing ($3.00)
Click here to view AAA’s state and metro gas averages
