Gas prices in the D.C. metro area are up 8 cents from a week ago.
In its weekly report, AAA said Sunday that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is $2.38, up from $2.30 a week ago. The price is $1.01 lower than this time a year ago, when the price was $3.39.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the District of Columbia alone is $2.52, up 6 cents from a week ago.
MARYLAND
Motorists in Maryland are paying 5 cents more at the pump when compared with a week ago.
AAA Mid-Atlantic said Saturday in a weekly report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland was $2.36, up from $2.31 a week ago.
The price of gas in the state is a penny below the national average of $2.37.
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.36 in Baltimore, $2.38 in Cumberland, $2.37 in Hagerstown and $2.35 in Salisbury.
Motorists in the state are paying $1.09 less per gallon than at this time last year when the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.45 per gallon.
