WASHINGTON (AP) -- Motorists in Maryland are paying 3 cents more at the pump when compared with a week ago.

AAA Mid-Atlantic said Friday in a report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland was $2.70, up from $2.67 a week ago.

The price of gas in the state is 4 cents below the national average of $2.74.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.69 in Baltimore, $2.71 in Cumberland, $2.68 in Hagerstown and $2.63 in Salisbury.

Motorists in the state are paying 95 cents less per gallon than at this time last year when the average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.65 per gallon.

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