If you don’t need to fill up your gas tank immediately, you might want to wait until Monday to go to the gas station because that’s the day the prices are lowest in Connecticut, according to a new study.
Gasoline prices are the most expensive they’ve been in more than 19 months and will continue to increase with summer driving season approaching, according to GasBuddy, which analyzed three years-worth of fuel price data.
They found that average prices are lowest on Monday in Connecticut, as least this year.
GasBuddy.com lists the average price of gas in Connecticut as $2.51. Check the gas map to check the differences in prices at gas stations near you.
Thursday is the worst day to buy gas in some states, but the worst day to fill up in Connecticut is Saturday.
“The rise in average prices towards the weekend could be to blame on an influential report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued weekly on Wednesdays, which could push prices higher the day after, depending on if data in its report is as expected or a surprise,” Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, said in a statement. “Since commodities trading isn’t active over the weekend, it typically allows stations to ‘let it ride’ over the weekend, culminating in lower prices by the start of the work week.”
They said, should every driver in the United States buy gasoline on Thursday for an entire year, they’d collectively spend an extra $1.1 billion versus filling up on Monday.
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In 2017 so far, Monday is the best day of the week in 23 states.
