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Use this interactive tracker to keep up with gas prices in Charlotte this summer

Summer road trip season is arriving in the Carolinas, and so far drivers are feeling some relief at the pump compared to last summer’s wallet-squeezing gas prices.

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in North Carolina as of Monday was $3.34, per AAA. That’s less than the national average of $3.55.

In Mecklenburg County, AAA says, the average as of Monday was $3.36.

Those numbers are down from much of 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other factors drove averages above $4 per gallon in North Carolina and beyond. The state’s average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen more than a $1 since June 2022, according to AAA’s data.

Use the interactive map below to track gas prices in Mecklenburg County and see how they compare to the rest of North Carolina:

Mary Ramsey
The Charlotte Observer
Mary Ramsey is the local government accountability reporter for The Charlotte Observer. A native of the Carolinas, she studied journalism at the University of South Carolina and has also worked in Phoenix, Arizona and Louisville, Kentucky. Support my work with a digital subscription
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