Gas prices are climbing again after a few months of falling.
The average price in Massachusetts is up 7 cents from last week, coming in at $3.37 per gallon, AAA Northeast said Monday.
It marked the biggest weekly jump since prices also jumped 7 cents the first week in November.
Costs had dropped most weeks since then, by up 12 cents, before leveling off in recent weeks. They dipped by only 2 or 3 cents the previous three weeks.
The current price is 2 cents lower than a month ago and 1 cent higher than a year ago.
Massachusetts’ average gas price is 5 cents lower than the national average, which spiked 12 cents to $3.42.
In Rhode Island, AAA Northeast found gas is averaging $3.35, up a dime from last week.
“Gas prices are up as crude oil prices have risen to levels not seen since mid-November thanks to expectations that cooling inflation will spike demand in the United States and China’s economy bounces back from COVID-related shutdowns,” said Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast vice president of public and government affairs. “Even though national crude inventories have rebounded and are now substantially above average, some of the surplus is due to a drop in refinery output in recent weeks.”
