Connecticut, which has the third highest gas tax in the nation, charges consumers a 25 cents a gallon excise tax and a second tax paid by gasoline distributors that just increased by 3.6 cents from 21 cents a gallon to nearly 24.6 cents a gallon. That is passed on to customers at the pump.
The average price of regular gas in Connecticut is currently $3.74 per gallon, according to gasbuddy.com. That's 25 cents higher than the national average of $3.49.
Check out our list of town-by-town gas prices in the area before you begin your holiday driving. All prices are courtesy of gasbuddy.com.
Danbury
$3.65 - Sunoco, 64 Newtown Road
$3.66 - EXpress Fuels, 25 Mill Plain Road
$3.67 - CITGO, 90 West St.; CITGO, 63 Main St.; Gulf, 113 North St.; Global, 110 Newtown Road
$3.68 - CITGO, 27 Tamarack Ave.
$3.68 - Sunoco, 41 Germantown Road
Ridgefield
$3.69 - Valero, 603 Danbury Road
$3.77 - Ridgefield, 399 Danbury Road
$3.89 - Mobil, 31 Danbury Road
$3.89 - BP, 242 South Salem St.
$4.09 - Shell, 130 Danbury Road
Wilton
$3.73 - Gulf, 287 Danbury Road
$3.75 - CITGO, 384 Danbury Road
Weston/Easton/Redding
$3.89 - Sunoco, 63 Black Rock Turnpike, Redding
$3.99 - Mobil, 190 Weston Road, Weston
$4.06 - Easton Village Store, 440 Sport Hill Road, Easton
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