Miami drivers dealing with a holiday hangover as credit card bills begin arriving are facing another surprise at the gas pump during the first work week of 2026: higher gas prices.
Over the last week, Miami gas prices increased by 6.4 cents per gallon, averaging $2.82 per gallon as of Sunday. According to GasBuddy’s survey of 1,690 stations in Miami, prices in the Miami metro area are 14.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and 26.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
The cheapest station in Miami on Sunday was priced at $2.27 per gallon, while Key Biscayne’s two gas stations were among the highest prices reported in the county at $4.49 per gallon.
Nationally, the average price of gasoline fell 1.2 cents per gallon over the last week, averaging $2.74 per gallon to start the week.
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said, “While more states did see prices rise this week, most of those increases were in ‘price-cycling’ markets, where routine jumps often follow larger declines. Elsewhere, a majority of states saw prices inch lower again,” adding that the impact, if any, of recent developments in Venezuela “put fresh attention on the global oil market.”
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