{"id":257757,"date":"2026-05-04T14:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257757\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:40:10","slug":"florida-gas-prices-rise-40-cents-to-new-4-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257757\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gas prices rise 40 cents to new 4-year high"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gas in the Sunshine State is now the most expensive it\u2019s been in nearly four years, according to AAA \u2014 The Auto Club Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, the price<\/a> for a gallon of regular gas in Florida surged 40 cents, rising from $3.94 on Monday to $4.34 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

That price, which remained steady Monday morning, is the highest daily average since July 2022.<\/p>\n

AAA spokesperson Mark Jenkins attributed the jump at the pump to \u201cbig gains\u201d in oil and gasoline futures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ongoing Iranian conflict and uncertainty tied to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> is keeping upward pressure on fuel prices with no clear indication of letting up,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The latest round of rising gas prices followed a 13% increase in crude oil prices and a 46-cent hike in gasoline futures.<\/p>\n

Another round of increases could be coming, though not as dramatic, AAA said. Last week, U.S. oil prices rose another 8%, while gas futures ticked up 13 cents.<\/p>\n

Florida gas prices have risen $1.46 per gallon since the Iranian conflict began, from $2.88 per gallon to $4.34 per gallon.<\/p>\n

For an average-sized tank of gas, that\u2019s an extra $22 per fill-up.<\/p>\n

The most affordable metropolitan market in Florida is Pensacola, where a gallon of gas costs $3.96 on average, followed by the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach area ($3.99) and Panama City ($4).<\/p>\n

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The most expensive, meanwhile, is the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton area ($4.50), followed by Naples ($4.41) and Gainesville ($4.40).<\/p>\n

Nationally<\/a>, Florida is in the middle of the pack in terms of gas prices. The cheapest gas is in Georgia, where a regular gas gallon costs $3.86.<\/p>\n

As usual, the priciest fuel is in California, where gas costs $4.46 per gallon on average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gas in the Sunshine State is now the most expensive it\u2019s been in nearly four years, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11247,28,150,30,29,11248,21539,93342,11249,83747],"class_list":["post-257757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-aaa-the-auto-club-group","tag-florida","tag-florida-gas-prices","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gas-prices","tag-iran","tag-iranian-conflict","tag-mark-jenkins","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257757","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=257757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}