Gas prices are up 4 cents from last week's area average, which is now $3.29 for a gallon of regular grade at cash price.

The cheapest gas in the area can be found at the Gulf on Route 35 at Allaire Road in Wall for $3.22 per gallon, or 7 cents below the area average.

The Route 71 Lukoil in Manasquan has the next best prices -- $3.23 for a gallon of regular at cash price.

Drivers may want to avoid the Shell on Route 35 in Belmar, where regular gallons are going for $3.39 at cash price. That's 10 cents above the area average.

Here are this week's prices, collected Sunday night, beginning with the least expensive:

• Gulf - Route 35 (at Allaire Road), Wall - $3.22 (+.04)
• Lukoil – Route 71 (near Blakey Avenue), Manasquan - $3.23 (+.02)
• Exxon – Route 71 (at Warren Avenue), Spring Lake Heights - $3.25 (+.02)
• Gulf – Route 71 (at Wall Road), Spring Lake Heights - $3.27 (+.14)
• Getty – Route 71 (at Wall Road), Spring Lake Heights - $3.27 (+.12)
• Sunoco – Route 35 (at Old Mill Road), Wall – $3.27 (+.04)
• BP – Route 35 (near Warren Avenue), Wall - $3.29 (+.06)
• Hess – Route 70 (near Riverview Drive), Wall - $3.29 (+.04)
• Sunoco – Route 71 (at Warren Avenue), Spring Lake Heights - $3.29 (+.02)
• Exxon – Route 35 (at 18^th Avenue), Wall - $3.29 (+.02)
• Ocean Star Fuel – Route 71 (at Curtis Avenue), Manasquan - $3.29 (+.00)
• Lukoil – Route 70 (at Old Bridge Road), Brielle - $3.33 (+.04)
• Gulf – Route 35 (at Sea Girt Avenue), Wall - $3.35 (+.06)
• Exxon – Route 71 (at Main Street), Manasquan - $3.35 (+.00)
• Getty – Main Street (at 16^th Avenue), Belmar - $3.37 (+.01)
• Shell – Route 35 (at Belmar Boulevard), Belmar - $3.39 (+.10)