Average gas price in the UK over $7 per gallon

A tweet has gone viral, claiming to indicate that gas costs in the U.Ok. are considerably decrease than they’re in the U.S. The submit from Jan. 21 exhibits a price signal studying 151.9 for normal unleaded gas and 173.9 for normal diesel.

“Gas is only $1.51 a gallon in the UK. This is what Biden is hiding from you,” the tweet says.

As of Jan. 23, the tweet has been seen greater than 500,000 instances.

Are gas costs $1.51 a gallon in the United Kingdom, as a viral tweet claims?

No, gas costs aren’t $1.51 a gallon in the United Kingdom. This picture exhibits the price of gas in British kilos per liter, not {dollars} per gallon.

The picture exhibits the costs at a BP station in London, England. VERIFY confirmed the location utilizing Google Maps street view. 

In London, gas is bought by the liter and the forex is the pound sterling. So to translate that signal into {dollars} per gallon, we have now to do some conversions.

First, there are 3.785 liters in one gallon. 

Second, as of Jan. 20, one pound sterling equals $1.24.

The price seen in the picture exhibits £1.51 per liter. We’ll convert kilos to {dollars} — £1.51 per liter is $1.87 per liter. We multiply that by 3.785 (the variety of liters in a gallon) and we get $7.08 per gallon of normal unleaded. 

According to AAA, the present common gas price in the U.S. is $3.42 per gallon of normal gas.

In the U.K., the present common as of Jan. 23 is £1.48 per liter, which might be $6.94 a gallon in the U.S.