Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 13.9 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.64 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has increased 11.9 cents a gallon to $3.68, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 7.9 cents a gallon higher than one year ago and are 28.8 cents a gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 42.2 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 16.7 cents higher than a year ago.
"The steady climb of retail gas prices is likely to continue following double-digit increases in wholesale prices with fuel production tightening in the majority of the country's refineries," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski.
"Los Angeles has climbed to $4.28 per gallon with a 55-cent average price increase in the past month, and that rate was surpassed in Chicago ($4.09 average price) and Detroit ($3.86 per gallon average), where motorists saw 63- and 64-cent respective increases over the same period. New York crossed the $4 threshhold,too," Laskoski said.