NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) — Prices at the pump are off to their lowest start to the month of January since 2016, according to AAA.
Gas prices in Tennessee dropped another 3.5 cents last week. The state average has now declined a total of 71 cents since October.
Tennessee motorists are now paying an average price of $1.98 per gallon – the lowest daily average since December 2016. Compared to last Memorial Day, when the state average peaked at around $2.73 per gallon, Tennessee motorists are now saving more than $11 on a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline.
In 2018, Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.49 per gallon, for regular unleaded. That was 31 cents more than the year before, and the highest annual average price since 2014. If a Tennessee driver bought a 15-gallon tank of gas – every week in 2018 – they would’ve spent an average total of $1,942 on gas. That would’ve been $242 more than what they would’ve spent the year before.
• Most expensive gas price averages: Nashville ($2.06), Johnson City ($2.06), and Jackson ($2.02)
• Least expensive gas price averages: Chattanooga ($1.82), Cleveland ($1.86), and Knoxville ($1.92)
The national average price for gasoline is $2.24 per gallon, which is the lowest daily average since July 2017. On average, Americans are paying 67 cents per gallon less than they did three months ago, amounting to a savings of $10 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline.