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# Pain at the pump: Richmond gas prices continue upward march
- URL: https://www.richmonder.org/pain-at-the-pump-richmond-gas-prices-continue-upward-march/
- Published: 2026-04-05T22:36:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-05T22:36:48.000Z
- Description: In Richmond, the AAA average has never reached $5 per gallon.
- Author: Michael Phillips
- Tags: Local News

A week after hitting $4 a gallon, the price of gasoline in Richmond continues to trend upward, with no immediate signs of abating.

AAA, which [keeps tabs](https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=VA) on local prices, said the average customer paid $4.136 for gasoline in the Richmond area on Sunday, nearly $1 more per gallon than a month ago.

While that will translate to additional costs for area drivers at the pumps, it's the surge in diesel gas prices, which are now up nearly $2 per gallon month-over-month, that has experts [predicting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-closed-oil-gas-price/) rising prices across-the-board.

CNN [reported](https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/08/business/soaring-diesel-prices-wider-impact) that diesel fuel, which is similar to the heating oil used in many homes, was already in short supply before the recent war in Iran, causing a sharper price spike.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-05-at-6.25.05---PM.png)

AAA's [gas price tracker](https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=VA) as of Sunday afternoon.

The national average for regular gasoline has only hit $5 once, on June 11, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In Richmond, the average has never reached $5 per gallon.

Driving the current spike is Iran's closure of the [Strait of Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/trump-warns-iran-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-by-tuesday-or-face-hell), a shipping lane that carries about 20% of the world's oil supplies.

*Contact Michael Phillips at* [*mphillips@richmonder.org*](mailto:mphillips@richmonder.org)*.*

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