Michigan gas prices fell 20 cents from last week to an average of $4.63 per gallon for regular unleaded, AAA said Tuesday.
“Michigan drivers are getting some relief at the pump, with gas prices falling 20 cents over the past week,” Adrienne Woodland, a spokeswoman for AAA-The Auto Club Group, said in a statement.
However, the company said demand for gasoline is up, and both supply and production are down, citing the latest data from the Energy Information Administration.
Demand increased from 8.75 million barrels per day to 8.76 million, according to the federal agency. The total domestic gasoline supply fell from 215.7 million barrels to 214.2 million barrels while production dropped last week, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day.
AAA also said the price of crude oil has risen while inventories are down. The price of crude was up 25 cents to $96.60 a barrel at the end of Friday’s formal trading session. Furthermore, the Energy Information Administration reported inventories fell 7.9 million barrels from the previous week. U.S. crude oil inventories are at 445 million barrels, about 2% below the five-year average for this time of year.
“While the recent drop is welcome, continued volatility and higher crude oil prices could quickly push pump prices higher again,” Woodland said.
The state’s average price of regular unleaded gasoline is 63 cents higher than it was at the same time last month and $1.42 more than a year ago, AAA said.
The company also said Michigan motorists are paying about $69 for a full 15-gallon gasoline tank, which is about $18 more than 2025’s highest gas price in August.
In Metro Detroit, the average daily price per gallon is down to $4.63, about 15 cents less than last week’s average, but $1.47 more than at this same time in 2025, according to AAA.
The company said the state’s most expensive gas can be found in Jackson at $4.74 per gallon, in Grand Rapids at $4.67 per gallon, and in Ann Arbor, also at $4.67 per gallon. The cheapest is in Marquette at $4.36 a gallon, Lansing at $4.50 a gallon, and Flint at $4.50 a gallon.
Nationally, a gallon of regular unleaded gas costs an average of $4.51, according to AAA. The price is down a cent from a week ago and up $1.33 from last year.
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