(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are two cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.68 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is a penny lower this week at $4.28.

This drop is fueled by the transition to winter-blend gas, which is cheaper to produce and it costs less for consumers.

However, crude oil prices that are high are preventing steep declines that are at the pump. Currently,

The price for a barrel of crude oil is currently more than $100 per barrel amid instability in the Strait of Hormuz.

This month is poised to set a record as the most expensive October ever in terms of gas prices after similar records set in August and September of 2026.

According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:  

$4.462      Altoona
$4.780      Beaver
$4.643      Bradford
$4.486      Brookville
$4.774      Butler
$4.519      Clarion
$4.575      DuBois
$4.697      Erie
$4.726      Greensburg
$4.654      Indiana
$4.717      Jeannette
$4.669      Kittanning
$4.761      Latrobe
$4.682      Meadville
$4.686      Mercer
$4.704      New Castle
$4.710      New Kensington
$4.799      Oil City
$4.715      Pittsburgh
$4.662      Sharon
$4.770      Uniontown
$4.765      Warren
$4.656      Washington