{"id":185486,"date":"2026-03-10T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/185486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:14:08","slug":"gas-prices-spike-across-south-florida-and-treasure-coast-as-global-oil-markets-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/185486\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Gas prices are rising sharply across Florida, climbing more than 60 cents in just over a week and putting pressure on drivers across the state, including in South Florida and the Treasure Coast.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AAA data<\/a> updated Tuesday morning, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Florida is now $3.63, compared with the national average of $3.53.<\/p>\n<p>Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift. CBS12&#8217;s Paige Meyer reports,{ }<\/p>\n<p>Palm Beach County is seeing some of the highest prices in the state, averaging about $3.73 per gallon \u2014 roughly 10 cents higher than the statewide average.<\/p>\n<p>On the Treasure Coast, prices are hovering around $3.60 per gallon across Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties, with some variation depending on the station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift. (WPEC){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/42fe9718-7940-4660-9290-024423ac40f2-GettyImages1388979656.jpg\"\/>Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p>CBS12 News spoke with drivers in Stuart on Tuesday morning near the U.S. 1 and Kanner Highway intersection. At the Citgo station, regular gas was listed at $3.49 per gallon. Just across the street, a Mobil station listed regular gasoline at about $3.79 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AAA <\/a>says the spike is tied to global oil disruptions linked to the ongoing conflict involving Iran, which has affected crude oil markets and pushed prices higher.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift. (WPEC){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9a1a54d1-15fa-42f9-80c6-5bdb3cebd69e-GettyImages2265622052.jpg\"\/>Gas prices spike across South Florida and Treasure Coast as global oil markets shift. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AAA<\/a> warns that if global oil market conditions do not improve, Florida\u2019s average gas price could approach $4 per gallon by the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Gas prices are rising sharply across Florida, climbing more than 60 cents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-185486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}