Georgia motorists are paying less to fill up the gasoline tank.

The average statewide price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.09 Monday.  AAA Georgia said that's a drop of $1.39 cents over the past month.  The national average price for regular is $2.24 a gallon.  Atlanta has the cheapest metro average for regular at $2.06. 

The highest prices were found in Columbus at $2.19 a gallon.