A map of U.S. gas prices shows the cheapest states for filling up your tank while traveling for Thanksgiving.
According to the map from GasBuddy, Texas has some of the cheapest gas prices in the country. Near major cities like San Antonio and Houston, fueling up costs around $2.46 to $2.74 per gallon.
Mississippi also has cheap gas, with prices around $2.46 to $2.74 per gallon near Jackson and Biloxi. There are also some stations selling cheap gas in Georgia, with prices ranging from roughly $2.46 to $3.02 per gallon.
Other states in the U.S. are more mixed in terms of cheap and expensive gas prices, with the best prices seen in the Southeast.
The worst gas prices are on the West Coast and in Northeastern states like Pennsylvania and New York, which have fuel prices at around $3.30 to $3.86 per gallon.
Washington and California have the most expensive gas prices in the U.S. Prices in Seattle and Los Angeles have reached over $4.42 per gallon.
Newsweek reached out to GasBuddy via email for comment.
Despite the high gas prices in parts of the U.S., Patrick De Haan at GasBuddy wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, "The national average price of gasoline stands at its lowest since Jan. 15, $3.27/gal."
His post continues: "With OPEC's meeting delayed (all the drama!) we could go lower. Whether we get to a national average of $2.99/gal is in OPEC's hands - the outcome of their annual meeting will make or break it."
De Haan was referring to a meeting on output that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, had scheduled for November 26. The meeting has been postponed until November 30 without any explanation.
Expensive gas prices are not the only thing to look out for while traveling this week. A major storm heading into the Thanksgiving holiday will bring rain, snow and potentially some ice to a considerable portion of the Midwest and East Coast.
A map shared by AccuWeather showed potentially "poor" conditions stretching from the Florida Panhandle to Michigan on Tuesday. Minor impacts will stretch from Wisconsin and Illinois eastward toward New York, New Jersey and most of the East Coast.
The worst part of the storm will be seen in the Midwest through Tuesday and parts of the Northeast through Tuesday night.
For travelers, some weather difficulties may also stretch into Wednesday, according to AccuWeather. But forecasters generally believe that Thanksgiving will be relatively dry.
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