{"id":224166,"date":"2025-06-23T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=224166"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T11:41:16","slug":"gas-prices-in-georgia-how-much-more-will-you-pay-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=224166","title":{"rendered":"Gas Prices in Georgia: How Much More Will You Pay This Week?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gas prices are up again in Georgia, and that means drivers are feeling it in their wallets. The average price for regular gas is now $2.95 a gallon\u20149 cents higher than last week. But there\u2019s a silver lining: it\u2019s still 31 cents cheaper than this time last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26fd <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> Every penny counts for Georgia families, especially when it comes to filling up the tank. Even a small jump in gas prices can make a big difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong><br>Gas prices in Georgia have gone up, but not as much as in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It now costs about $44.25 to fill a 15-gallon tank in Georgia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That\u2019s almost $7 less than it cost a year ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong> Where you live in Georgia can change how much you pay at the pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Savannah has the highest prices at $3.03 a gallon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Augusta-Aiken drivers pay the least, at $2.89 a gallon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0e <strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> Gas prices are rising across the country, not just in Georgia. The national average is now $3.21 a gallon. But prices are still far below the record highs from two years ago, when drivers paid over $4.49 a gallon in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices are up again in Georgia, and that means drivers are feeling it in their wallets. The average price for regular gas is now $2.95 a gallon\u20149 cents higher than last week. But there\u2019s a silver lining: it\u2019s still 31 cents cheaper than this time last year. \u26fd Why It Matters: Every penny counts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":36397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16495],"tags":[9844,9636],"class_list":["post-224166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-gas","tag-gas-prices","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=224166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=224166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=224166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=224166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}