{"id":203486,"date":"2026-03-24T04:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:43:19","slug":"orlando-metro-area-sees-slight-decrease-in-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203486\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando metro area sees slight decrease in gas prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gas prices in Central Florida are around $3.94 per gallon as of March 23, with AAA data showing the Orlando metro area averaging $3.942.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The current prices show a slight decrease in Florida\u2019s statewide average over the weekend, dropping to $3.934 per gallon from $3.950 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While prices have dipped recently, experts warn that the market may remain volatile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marion County\u2019s regular gasoline prices are currently the highest in the area, averaging $3.98 per gallon. This is nearly 4 cents more than the regional average reported in the Orlando metro area.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In contrast, Lake County and the Melbourne-Titusville metro area have some of the lowest regional averages in Central Florida. The Melbourne-Titusville area reports regular unleaded gas at $3.928 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other parts of the region have prices between local highs and lows. The average for regular gas in Daytona Beach is $3.962 per gallon, and in Lakeland-Winter Haven, it\u2019s $3.936.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas prices in Central Florida are around $3.94 per gallon as of March 23, with AAA data showing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147,11248,86823,139,141,90707,140,72223],"class_list":["post-203486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-central-florida","tag-gas-prices","tag-gasoline-prices","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-metro-area","tag-orlando-news","tag-regular-gas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203486","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=203486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}