It may seem like the price of gas goes down just as often as it goes up in Ottawa.

Prices here and around the country have been fluctuating for months. Experts say the volatility is due to the world's growing difficulty in getting crude oil.

The price of gas in Ottawa is expected to drop 5.7 cents at midnight, meaning drivers will be paying an average of $125.1 cents/litre on Wednesday.

That price is around the same price of gas drivers paid on March 18 when it was $1.26/litre.

It dropped dramatically on June 28 to $1.14/litre but has since spiked significantly. The average price in Ottawa on Tuesday was $1.31/litre.

With a report from CTV Ottawa’s Natalie Duddridge