AUGUSTA (AP) — The average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine has gone up a bit in the past week.

Price-monitoring website GasBuddy.com reported Monday that the price at the pump averaged $3.62 per gallon in the past week, 9 cents above the national average.

Even though prices in Maine are 4.5 cents higher than they were a month ago, they are 8.4 cents lower than at this time last year.

The average is based on a survey of more than 1,200 Maine gas stations.