A Week of Gas Across America

When I crossed the Colorado State Line into Pagosa Springs on the 16th of July, I had purchased gas 12 times in 8 days, in 8 different states.

As promised, here's how those states stacked up, in terms of gas cost per US gallon:

Mexico, anyone?

Northeast, Maryland           8 July       $3.98

Cumberland, Maryland        8 July       $4.08

Charleston, West Virginia     8 July     $4.09

Beaver Dam, Kentucky         9 July       $3.91

Sikeston, Missouri              9 July       $3.71

Batesville, Arkansas           10 July      $3.95

Marshall, Texas                10 July       $3.92

Seguin, Texas                  14 July        $3.89

Kerrville, Texas                14 July       $3.99

Snyder, Texas                  14 July       $3.99

Santa Rosa, New Mexico      15 July      $4.09

Pagosa Springs, Colorado     16 July      $4.25

The US Gallon (USG) is a liquid measurement unit only used in the United States.  Its relationship to the universally-used liter is as follows:

1 US gallon = 3.78541178 liter

Now that you know that, you can compare the cost of gas in the rest of the world. I've collected some costs per liter in local currencies, then converted to USG, and then converted local currency to US dollars.

Here we go around the world:

UK      23 July     £1.18 liter = £4.46 per USG = $8.90 per US gallon

Belgium      14 July                           $9.40 per US gallon

France        14 July                           $8.95 per US gallon

Germany     14 July                           $9.27/USG

Italy            14 July                           $9.23/ USG

Netherlands   14 July                          $10.16/ USG

Canada   22 July   Ca$1.33/liter = Ca$5.03/ USG = US$4.98

Mexico    15 July    6.92 Pesos/liter=26.19 Pesos/USG = $2.61/USG

Japan      15 July                           $6.40 per USG

Australia   24 July   Aus$1.51/liter=Aus$5.72/USG = $5.49 /USG

So there you have it.  Gas around the world.