Bellaire fuel watch: gas edges up, diesel eases in Traverse City area
Bellaire MI Gas & Diesel Watch – AAA’s latest Traverse City-area check shows mixed pump movement: regular gas rose slightly, diesel slipped, and both stay high.
Bellaire-area drivers are seeing mixed movement at the pump heading into Memorial Day week: regular gas ticked up from yesterday, while diesel eased. Bellaire is in Antrim County, and AAA’s Traverse City metro average is the nearest verified local proxy for the area.
Regular gas: up a little day to day
For regular unleaded, AAA’s Traverse City average was $4.636 a gallon on May 25, 2026. That is 1.6 cents higher than yesterday, but 11.9 cents lower than a week ago. Compared with a month ago, regular gas is up 65.8 cents. Compared with a year ago, it is up $1.528.
That means the short-term move is small, but the bigger picture is still expensive for households and small businesses. Anyone commuting to work, running errands, or driving kids around Bellaire should expect fuel bills to stay elevated even if prices wobble from one day to the next.
Diesel: lower than yesterday, still a budget strain
Diesel moved the other way. AAA’s Traverse City diesel average came in at $5.999 a gallon on May 25, down 3.0 cents from yesterday and down 19.1 cents from a week ago. Even with that pullback, diesel is still 87.4 cents higher than a month ago and $2.440 higher than a year ago.
That matters most for contractors, delivery fleets, farmers, service companies, and anyone whose work trucks burn diesel. A small daily dip does not change the fact that diesel remains near the $6 mark in the Bellaire-area proxy market.
How Bellaire compares with Michigan and the U.S.
Michigan’s statewide AAA average on May 25 was $4.632 for regular gas and $6.018 for diesel. The national AAA average was lower on both fuels, at $4.507 for regular gas and $5.599 for diesel. So the Traverse City-area proxy sits slightly above the state on regular gas and slightly below the state on diesel, while both fuels remain above the national average.
The broader weekly backdrop still points to some easing. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest update shows both regular gasoline and on-highway diesel edging lower in the most recent weekly data. That does not guarantee cheaper local prices tomorrow, but it does suggest the national market has been cooling a bit even as holiday travel demand keeps retail prices elevated.
What it means for local drivers
For Bellaire residents, the practical takeaway is simple: the nearest verified local benchmark still shows near-$4.64 regular and about $6 diesel. That is expensive enough to affect road trips, weekend errands, and operating costs for businesses that make frequent deliveries or depend on trucks and equipment.
Memorial Day travel is part of the backdrop, and AAA says holiday demand is helping keep prices firm. Even so, the day-to-day moves are split, which is a reminder that regular gas and diesel can follow different paths from one check to the next.
If you’re filling up in or around Bellaire, compare nearby stations before you pump. If you spot a notably high or low price, share it with us so other readers can see what the local market looks like this week.
