Thanksgiving Travel Update: Map Shows Cheapest Gasoline by State
A map of U.S. gas prices shows the cheapest states for filling up your tank while traveling for Thanksgiving .
According to the map from GasBuddy , Texas has some of the cheapest gas prices in the country. Near major cities like San Antonio and Houston, fueling up costs around $2.46 to $2.74 per gallon.
Mississippi also has cheap gas, with prices around $2.46 to $2.74 per gallon near Jackson and Biloxi. There are also some stations selling cheap gas in Georgia, with prices ranging from roughly $2.46 to $3.02 per gallon.
Other states in the U.S. are more mixed in terms of cheap and expensive gas prices, with the best prices seen in the Southeast.
A sign shows gas prices over $7 a gallon at a Shell station in Los Angeles on October 5. Heading into Thanksgiving, gasoline prices have dropped to their lowest level of the year, even in costly states like California. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP viaThe worst gas prices are on the West Coast and in Northeastern states like Pennsylvania and New York, which have fuel prices at around $3.30 to $3.86 per gallon.
Washington and California have the most expensive gas prices in the U.S. Prices in Seattle and Los Angeles have reached over $4.42 per gallon.
