(The Center Square) — Gas prices in Florida are holding steady at $3.12 per gallon of regular, according to data from the American Automobile Association, before the start of Memorial Day weekend.
According to AAA, the national price is $3.20 per gallon, slightly cheaper than last week and a whopping 42 cents less than the same time last year.
Florida’s price is down one cent from last month, when the price at the pump was $3.13 per gallon and 43 cents less than the same time last year, when it was $3.56 per gallon.
Mid-grade gas is $3.58 per gallon, while premium commands a price of $3.89 per gallon and diesel prices are at $3.47 per gallon.
The cheapest gas is in the northwest part of the Panhandle, with Bay County having the cheapest price at $2.76 per gallon, followed by Okaloosa County ($2.76) and Escambia ($2.81).
The most expensive gas in the state is in the Florida Keys in Monroe County, where a gallon of regular costs $3.34. Palm Beach County on the east coast is next highest at $3.29 per gallon, followed by Hardee County in the central peninsula ($3.22) and a tie between Levy County on the Gulf Coast and Jefferson County in the Panhandle at $3.20.
The highest price among Florida’s metropolitan areas is in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton, where regular is $3.29 per gallon, followed by Naples in southwest Florida at $3.21, Ocala at $3.19 and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater at $3.18.
The Panama City metro area is the lowest in the state at $2.76 per gallon, followed by Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($2.78), Pensacola ($2.81) and Tallahassee at $2.94.
Mississippi has the least expensive gas prices nationally at $2.66 per gallon, followed by Louisiana ($2.72), Alabama ($2.74), Tennessee ($2.77) and Texas ($2.78).
California has the highest gas prices nationally at $4.87 per gallon, followed by Hawaii ($4.49), Washington ($4.40), Oregon ($4.01) and Nevada ($3.94).
