Los Angeles Gas Prices: Metro Average Ticks Up to $5.981 on Monday, Still Well Below a Month Ago
The Los Angeles-Long Beach metro average for regular gasoline stood at $5.981 a gallon on Monday, up a third of a cent from Sunday — but 11.5 cents below a week ago and 45 cents below a month ago, according to AAA figures read by the desk this cycle.
The average price of regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro area was $5.981 a gallon on Monday, November 2, according to the AAA fuel prices table read by the Local Desk this cycle — up slightly from $5.9779 on Sunday, but down from $6.0962 a week ago and $6.4322 a month ago. The metro average remains $1.22 above its level a year ago, and below the metro's record of $6.4938, set on October 5, 2022.
California's statewide average was $5.9063 on Monday, essentially flat from $5.9055 on Sunday and down from $6.0188 a week ago and $6.4008 a month ago, according to AAA. The national average was $4.1694. Metro diesel averaged $8.3812 in Los Angeles-Long Beach, down from $8.3983 on Sunday, AAA reported.
The Monday metro figures follow a month-long slide reported by City News Service: the Los Angeles County average fell for the 30th time in 31 days on Sunday, dropping six-tenths of a cent to $5.977, and has decreased 46.2 cents over the last 31 days, according to AAA and Oil Price Information Service figures in that report. The run of decreases follows a 44-day streak of increases that had brought the county average within 5.4 cents of its record high, and began four days after the September 28 announcement that cheaper winter-blend gasoline could be sold immediately instead of waiting for the customary November 1 date.
