Average gasoline prices in Kansas have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.42 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,329 stations in Kansas. Great Bend showed unleaded gas selling for $2.429 at several pumps. However, AAA.com showed neighboring Pawnee County had perhaps the highest-priced gas in Kansas, at $2.559 per gallon.

Prices in Kansas are 22.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 22.3 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 5.4 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.521 per gallon.

According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Kansas was priced at $1.94 per gallon while the most expensive was $3.00, a difference of $1.06.

The national average price of gasoline has fallen 4.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.75/gallon on Monday. The national average is down 22.6 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 22.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million weekly price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country.

Other Kansas counties and their latest gas prices (per AAA.com):

Stafford - $2.459

Ellsworth - $2.499

Rice - $2.622

Rush - $2.699

Russell - $2.539

Sedgwick - $2.569

Shawnee - $2.316

Finney - $2.055 (lowest in state)

“For the fifth straight week, the national average price of gasoline has declined, with all but a handful of states seeing prices move lower,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “Oil prices have remained relatively low even amid the U.S. blockade on Venezuela’s oil exports. With refineries running at seasonally high output and gasoline inventories building, most states— outside of price-cycling markets— have continued to see declines, with some stations in nearly a dozen states now dipping below the $2-per-gallon mark. That trend could persist a bit longer before prices finally bottom out sometime in January or February.”