Gasoline prices at gas stations nationwide have risen for 17 weeks in a row.
According to the Korea National Oil Corporation, the average sales price of gasoline at gas stations nationwide in the third week of March was 1,517.4 won per liter, up 18.8 won from last week.
It has been one year since the second week of March last year that the state average gasoline value has exceeded 1,500 won.
Domestic gasoline prices have been rising since the end of November of last year, and the recent weekly gains are expanding to 9.7 won, 15.6 won, and 18.4 won.
The average selling price of gasoline in Seoul, the nation’s highest priced area, is 1,602.6 won per liter, up 16.7 won from last week.
The price of gasoline in Daegu, the lowest priced area, also rose 22.4 won to 1,493.5 won per liter.
By brand, there was a difference of up to 38 won per liter.
Gasoline at SK Energy was the most expensive at 1,525.0 won per liter, and gasoline at an affordable gas station was the cheapest at 1,488.4 won per liter.
The price per liter of GS Caltex and Hyundai Oilbank was calculated as 1,524.91 won and 1,518.60 won, respectively.
Even in the same city, prices were different by region.
The cheapest gas station in Seoul is a gas station in Hwagok-dong, Gangseo-gu, which costs 1,476 won per liter, which is 136 won lower than the average price in Seoul.
There are gas stations in Yangpyeong-gun in Gyeonggi-do, Yeonje-gu in Busan, and Dalseong-gun in Daegu.
You can check the location and price of the lowest priced gas station by region on the Korea National Oil Corporation Oil Price Information Service Ofine.
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