Gas prices jump about 30-cents a gallon over the past week in Philly area

Gas prices are up across the country and they show no sign of tumbling as there is no end in sight to the ongoing war with Iran.

According to the American Automobile Association, overnight, gas prices in the Philadelphia region jumped to $4.58 a gallon on Tuesday, up 8-cents from the day before, while the cost of gas, overall increased by about 30-cents a gallon since last week.

But, Philadelphia isn’t alone in seeing these increases. According to AAA, the national average cost of gas, per gallon, as of Tuesday at about 6 a.m., was $4.30.

A week ago, the average was $4.03 per gallon. And, if you go back a month, the average cost per gallon was $3.99, AAA reported.

All of these costs were over a dollar more per gallon than the national average cost of gas at this time last year, which AAA said was $3.18 per gallon.

Bill Killian told NBC10’s Brenna Weick that the cost of gas has led to thousands of increased costs for his landscaping business a month and caused price increases for his customers.

“It’s pretty tough,” he said. “We have to pass it on to our customers and it’s not fair. And, it’s killing us. It’s really killing us.”

The owner of a limousine rental company told NBC10 that he has seen costs nearly double, as it used to take about $60 to fill up the tank in a car in his fleet.

But now, it costs over $100.

Though, Gurpreet Singh, owner of AGP Limo, said he has resisted passing those costs onto customers, for now.

“Everything is expensive,” he said.

As summer approaches, some are postponing planned trips and looking for other ways to save.

For example, for a trip from South Philadelphia to Ocean City, New Jersey, with the current cost of gas, it would cost a vehicle that gets about 25 miles a gallon about $20 in gas, round trip.

Last summer, that same trip would have cost about $12.

For Anthony Fullard, of Germantown, he’s concerned the increased costs could impact the time he spends with his family.

“It’s going to impact the grandchildren,” he said. “It’s going to impact what places we’d like to go.”

Currently, according to AAA, gas prices across the country are the highest they have been since July of 2022 and, with conflict still ongoing with Iran, they show no signs of coming back down any time soon.