AAA: Massachusetts Gas Prices Up Nine Cents,
Highest Prices Locally in Seven Years

Westwood, MA, October 18, 2021 — Massachusetts’s average gas price is up nine cents from last week ($3.18), averaging $3.27 per gallon. Today’s price is 17 cents higher than a month ago ($3.10), and $1.17 higher than October 18, 2020 ($2.10). Massachusetts’s average gas price is 5 cents lower than the national average.

“Compared to the price of gas a year ago, it now costs consumers about $17 more to fill up their vehicles,” says Mary Maguire, Director of Public/Government Affairs. "And unfortunately, it doesn't look like drivers will be finding relief at the pump any time soon." Increasing crude oil prices are the primary factor in the higher prices at the pump.

The last time prices in Massachusetts were this high was October of 2014 at $3.32 per gallon.