{"id":233308,"date":"2025-09-29T08:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=233308"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:23:32","slug":"georgia-gas-prices-drop-to-2-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=233308","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Gas Prices Drop to $2.87"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia drivers are seeing a welcome dip in gas prices this fall, with the state average now at $2.87 per gallon, 10 cents cheaper than this time last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What It Means For You:<\/strong> Filling up a standard 15-gallon tank now costs about $43.05, nearly $2 less than last year. This extra savings comes just as many families are planning fall travel and beginning to budget for holiday expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> Gas prices are falling due to a combination of seasonal factors working in drivers&#8217; favor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The switch to cheaper winter-blend fuel is underway across the country<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Southeast continues to enjoy strong fuel supplies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between the Lines:<\/strong> While prices are dropping statewide, there&#8217;s still significant variation depending on where you live:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Savannah remains the most expensive metro market at $3.01 per gallon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rome offers the best deals with prices averaging $2.77<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> The national average has also fallen to $3.13 per gallon, down 5 cents in just one week. While hurricane season continues through November, the current trend suggests continued relief unless Gulf storms disrupt refinery operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sources:<\/strong> AAA, Energy Information Administration, Georgia Sun Archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=53]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia drivers are seeing a welcome dip in gas prices this fall, with the state average now at $2.87 per gallon, 10 cents cheaper than this time last year. What It Means For You: Filling up a standard 15-gallon tank now costs about $43.05, nearly $2 less than last year. This extra savings comes just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":233310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","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":[9540,9844,9636],"class_list":["post-233308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-aaa","tag-gas","tag-gas-prices","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233308","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=233308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}