{"id":276279,"date":"2026-05-19T07:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/276279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T07:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T07:57:20","slug":"florida-gas-slips-to-4-21-as-millions-hit-the-road-but-aaa-says-surge-risk-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/276279\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida gas slips to $4.21 as millions hit the road, but AAA says surge risk looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Gas%20prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">gas prices<\/a> have begun to decline, providing some relief to nearly 2.6 million residents planning to hit the road. <\/p>\n<p>Mark Jenkins, a spokesperson for<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/AAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> AAA<\/a> &#8211; The Auto Club Group, noted that &#8220;Memorial Day travelers will pay about $17 more than last year to fill an average-sized tank of gas.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>AAA said that last week, the average gas price in Florida fell by 20 cents per gallon, dropping from $4.43 to $4.23.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday morning, officials reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida&#8217;s average gas price<\/a> is sitting at $4.213.<\/p>\n<p> In comparison, AAA reported that travelers paid an average of $3.06 per gallon during Memorial Day 2025. <\/p>\n<p>However, AAA warned that Florida motorists may see prices spike again early this week due to recent gains in the oil market. <\/p>\n<p>The report states that last week, U.S. oil prices increased by $10 per barrel, reaching $105.42, while gasoline futures also rose by 18 cents per gallon. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/cbs12-news-i-team\/cost-of-compliance-red-tape-code-enforcement-home-projects-expenses-revenue-cities-counties-engineering-studies-patio-fines-homeowner-rights-property-rights-rules-revenue-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Cost of Compliance: Red tape, engineer studies, and the rising price of home projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to AAA&#8217;s holiday travel forecast, over 2.3 million Floridians are expected to embark on holiday road trips this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of regional prices, AAA reported: <\/p>\n<p>Most Expensive Metro Markets:<\/p>\n<p>West Palm Beach-Boca Raton: $4.42Gainesville: $4.36Tallahassee: $4.32<\/p>\n<p>Least Expensive Metro Markets:<\/p>\n<p> Pensacola: $4.07Panama City: $4.09 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach: $4.09AAA&#8217;s tips to conserve gasoline:Combine errands to reduce driving time.Drive conservatively by avoiding aggressive acceleration and speeding, which can improve fuel economy.Remove excess weight from your vehicle; every extra 100 pounds can reduce fuel efficiency by 1-2 percent.Use the AAA mobile app to find the best gas prices in your community.Pay with cash when possible, as some retailers charge more for credit card payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 As Memorial Day weekend approaches, Florida gas prices have begun to decline,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-276279","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\/276279","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=276279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}