Christmas 2021 Gas Prices: What You'll Pay At New Jersey Pumps

NEW JERSEY — If you’ve done any traveling by car in the months leading up to Christmas, you’ve likely noticed higher-than-normal gas prices around New Jersey.

Are we in for any relief at the pumps this Christmas? A little, but motorists will still be paying an average of $1.19 more per gallon than they did a year ago, according to a recent report by AAA.

At the start of December, the national average price for a gallon of gas was $3.35, down seven cents from November.

While it’s been two months since we’ve seen gas prices this low, the drop has mostly been fueled by fears of a COVID-19-related global economic slowdown, according to AAA.

So how much can you expect to pay at the pump in New Jersey this Christmas? AAA data shows the average price for a gallon of gas in the Garden State cost $3.40 as of Thursday. (The national average was $3.92.)

Here's the average cost of a gallon of gas in each New Jersey county, according to AAA:

• Sussex: $3.34
• Warren: $3.30
• Passaic: $3.42
• Bergen: $3.40
• Morris: $3.43
• Essex: $3.49
• Hudson: $3.44
• Hunterdon: $3.44
• Somerset: $3.51
• Union: $3.40
• Middlesex: $3.39
• Mercer: $3.49
• Monmouth: $3.40
• Burlington: $3.33
• Ocean: $3.40
• Camden: $3.32
• Gloucester: $3.35
• Atlantic: $3.37
• Salem: $3.35
• Cumberland: $3.35
• Cape May: $3.41

If you live in the western United States, you’re likely paying some of the highest gas prices in the nation. As of Dec. 9, gas prices were as much as $4.68 in California, $3.90 in Nevada, $3.87 in Washington state and $3.78 in Oregon.

Meanwhile, southern Plains states including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri are enjoying the nation’s lowest gas prices, ranging from $2.91 to $2.96 per gallon.