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Albuquerque gas prices drop 12 cents this week
Anthony Medina, from Chimoyo, pumps gas into his 2017 Corvette at the Brewer Oil gas station on Airport Road in Santa Fe in February 2023.
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Gas prices fell in New Mexico this week, with the state’s average dropping 10 cents to $3.19 per gallon, according to AAA New Mexico Weekend Gas Watch.
In Albuquerque, a gallon of fuel dropped 12 cents to $3.27 and Santa Fe had the largest drop of 19 cents to $3.17. Santa Fe has the cheapest average gallon of gas in the state.
New Mexico’s average remains lower than the national average, which this week was $3.36. The national average dropped five cents in the last week.
Neighboring states also saw a decrease in gas prices. Texas’ average dropped to $2.91 for a gallon of petrol, a four-cent decrease, and Colorado’s dropped six cents to $3.37.
Nevada, however, saw a two-cent increase and Arizona’s average remained the same at $3.45 for a gallon of gasoline.
The state with the lowest average gas price is Mississippi’s, $2.82. California’s was the most expensive at $4.66 as of Friday, according to AAA.
Daniel Armbruster, spokesman for AAA, wrote in a news release that gas price averages start to decrease in September, which comes as a less-expensive winter blend gasoline begins makes its way to gas pumps across the country.
He said the difference between summer- and winter-blend gas “involves the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) of the fuel,” noting that “RVP is a measure of how easily the fuel evaporates at a given temperature.”
“The more volatile a gasoline (higher RVP), the easier it evaporates,” he wrote in the email. “Winter-blend fuel has a higher RVP because the fuel must be able to evaporate at low temperatures for the engine to operate properly, especially when the engine is cold.”
