Traffic & Transit

Where To Find The Cheapest Gas In Rancho Santa Margarita

The price for a regular self serve gallon of gasoline has decreased by only a few cents since November in Orange County.

Where can you find the closest cheap gas in Rancho Santa Margarita? Patch has the answers.
Where can you find the closest cheap gas in Rancho Santa Margarita? Patch has the answers. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Orange County rose six-tenths of a cent to $4.653, one day after increasing two-tenths of a cent.

It is one-tenth of a cent more than one week ago, 1.2 cents higher than one month ago and $1.233 greater than one year ago.

In Rancho Santa Margarita, the closest cheap gas was on 29880 Santa Margarita Pkwy at $4.39 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.com.

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The Orange County average price has decreased 3.6 cents since rising to $4.689 on Nov. 26, one-tenth of a cent less than the record set on Oct. 8, 2012.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent for the second consecutive day after dropping seven-tenths of a cent over the previous two days.

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The average price of $4.667 is a half-cent less than one week ago and seven-tenths of a cent lower than one month ago but $1.231 higher than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The average price has decreased 4.9 cents since hitting the record high of $4.716 on Nov. 27.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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