According to a March 12th statement from AAA, spring break season is officially hitting wallets at the gas pump, with the national average for regular gas spiking by nearly 35 cents in just one week. Prices are now hovering around what drivers were dealing with back in spring 2024, and it’s not exactly a coincidence. As the weather warms up, more people are getting back on the road, and that seasonal jump in demand is pushing prices higher.

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On top of that, the cost of crude oil has been bouncing above $100 a barrel in recent days, which is a major factor in what you’re paying to fill up. In an effort to take a little pressure off, the U.S. is planning to release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over the next four months. Gas prices in Connecticut have gotten so bad that the governor is now considering suspending the gas tax to give drivers a little relief.

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In the meantime, I pulled together the latest list of the cheapest gas in the Greater Danbury area—take a look. These prices were gathered on 03/19/26.

Danbury
  • Citgo & Atlantis Fresh Market - 90 West Street - $3.53
  • Orbit Fuel - 12 Lake Ave Ext - $3.58
  • Mobil - 276 White Street - $3.59
  • Mobil - 112 Newtown Road - $3.59
  • Citgo - 64 Newtown Road - $3.59
  • Shell - 106 Federal Road - $3.59
  • Gulf - 1 Lake Ave Ext. - $3.59
  • States Petroleum - 52 Pembroke Road - $3.59
  • Mobil - 54 Padanaram Road - $3.65
  • Global - 108 Newtown Road - $3.69
  • Global & Alltown - 110 Newtown Road - $3.69
  • Shell - 84 North Street - $3.69

Brookfield

  • Costco - 200 Federal Road - $3.53
  • BJ's - 106 Federal Road - $3.54
  • Sunoco - 30 Federal Road - $3.59
  • Mobil - 83 Federal Road - $3.59
  • Citgo - 177 Federal Road - $3.59

Bethel

  • Citgo - 295 Greenwood Avenue - $3.57
  • Sunoco - 124 Putnam Park Road - $3.59
  • Sunoco & Wheels - 82 Stony Hill Road - $3.59

Newtown

  • Sunoco - Mitchell Hawleyville Deli - $3.59
  • Shell - 286 S. Main Street - $3.63

Ridgefield

  • Stateline Exxon - 242 S. Salem Road - $3.59
  • Shell - 130 Danbury Road - $3.59
  • Valero - 603 Danbury Road - $3.69
New Milford
  • Sunoco - 44 Park Lane Road - $3.49
  • Road Runner Gas Station - 222 Danbury Road - $3.49
  • Valero - 315 Danbury Road - $3.51
  • Xpress - 20 Danbury Road - $3.55
  • ANZ Petro - 28 Danbury Road - $3.55

New Fairfield

Mobil - 94 CT-37 - $3.69

I will keep banging this drum as long as I need to, New Fairfield needs some more options. The Choices we got in life, those be your choices.

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