In the past week,average retail gasoline prices in Sacramento rose 1.1 cents per gallon. The average price in Sacramento yesterday averaged $3.09 per gallon. Compare this with the national average that fell 5.9 cents per gallon over the same period, to $2.72 per gallon, according to gasoline price website SactoGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Sacramento during the past week, prices yesterday were 23.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 11.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.

The national average only moved 0.1 cents per gallon during the last month, 13.9 cents per gallon higher than this day a year ago.

These figures thanks to GasBuddy.com, which was named one of Time magazine’s 50 best websites and PC World’s 100 most useful websites of 2008, operates over 200 live gasoline price-tracking websites, including SactoGasPrices.com.

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